 @Mileander., 
Nerium @Mleander. Narurar Orver: Apocynacee — Dogbane Family. 
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shrub keeps a good shape with very little attention. The 
p~ most common species have rose-colored, single or double 
flowers, while some of the others are red, striped, crimson 
and white, and one pure white, partly double. The flowers 
an burning rays of a midday sun when in bloom. All of these varieties 
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»,, Streams in those localities, but are quite common in house cultivation 
zm in America, being placed out of doors in summer. In Florida it is 
found in swampy lands, attaining the size of a tree. The Oleander 
gi~ belongs to a very poisonous family, and no part should be placed in 
the mouth, as instances of occasional fatality are on record. 
Bewarg. 
ET no man know thy business save some friend, 
A man of mind. —Bailey. 
F light wrongs touch me not, EWARE of desperate steps; the darkest day, 
No more shall great; if not a few, not many; Live till tomorrow, will have passed away. 
There ’s naught so sacred with us but may find = Couper: 
A sacrilegious person; yet the thing is NCERTAIN ways unsafest are, 
No less divine ’cause the profane can reach it. And doubt a greater mischief than despair. 
— Fonson. — Sir F. Denham. 
HEN fly betimes, for only they 
Conquer love, that run away. 
—Carew. 
HOSE edges soonest turn that are most keen, VALIANT man 
A sober moderation stands sure, Ought not to undergo or tempt a danger, 
No violent extremes endure. But worthily, and by selected ways. 
—Aleyn. —Ben Fonson. 
EAT not a furnace for your foe so hot 
That it doth singe yourself. — Shakespeare. d 
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