Peay, 
Pronia officinalis. Narurat Orver: Ranunculaceae —Crowfoot Family. 
SHE Pzony is supposed to have derived its name from 
* Pgon, a disciple of Aisculapius, who used it for the healing 
of Pluto, thereby arousing the jealous feelings of his pre- 
ceptor, so much so indeed that he compassed his death. 
Both the root and leaves are used in medicine as an anti- 
f=, spasmodic and tonic. The flowers are very large and 
showy in all the species. The common variety is a native of Switzer- 
land; the white, of Tartary; the Siberian, as its name indicates, of 
* Siberia. The Chinese Pzony is a shrub from three to four feet 
AW) | high, with ample foliage, and very large, brilliant, fragrant flowers. 
i, They are mostly hardy, except in extreme northern latitudes, and 
roduce various colored blossoms. 
Shame. 
HAME sticks ever close to the ribs of honor, 
Great men are never found after it. 
—Middleton. 
HEN knaves and fools combined o’er all prevail, HAT holy shame, which ne’er forgets 
When justice halts and right begins to fail, _ What clear renown it us’d to wear; 
Even the boldest start from public sneers, Whose blush remains when virtue sets, 
To show her sunshine has been there. 
—Byron. —Moore, 
Afraid of shame, unknown to other fears. 
ONFOUND me not with shame, nor call up all 
The blood that warms my trembling heart, 
To fill my cheeks with blushes. —Trap. 
CAN bear scorpion stings, tread fields of fire, HE mind that broods o’er guilty woes 
In frozen gulfs of cold, eternal lie; Is like a scorpion girt by fire; 
Be toss’d aloft through tracts of endless void, Tn circle narrowing as it glows, 
But cannot live in shame. —Foanna Baillie. The flames around their captive close. 
—Byron. 
OME seek to salve their blotted name 
With others’ blot, till all do taste of shame. 
—Sir P. Sidney. 
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