Pervsimman, 
Diospyros ‘Dirginiana. NaturaL Orver: Ebenacee—Ebony Family. 
inconspicuous, and are succeeded by a plum-shaped, pulpy 
fruit, of a reddish-orange hue, containing several hard-shelled 
7 ee Kseeds. Persimmons are only ripened by the action of the 
‘élfrost, after which they become palatable and nutritious. In the South- 
7{_,ern States they are used in various ways, but in the Middle States they 
i, are seldom found plentifully enough to be used in any way except to 
tT eat in their original state. They are allied to the date plum, a foreign 
r variety. The bark is used to allay fevers, and it also possesses tonic 
% and astringent properties. The species are numerous in the tropics. 
Amid Dature’s Beauties. 
HE love of Nature’s works 
Is an ingredient in the compound man, 
Infused at the creation of the kind. —Cowper. 
OW blest the man who in these peaceful plains Of solitude, the secret primrose path 
Plows his paternal field; far from the noise, Of rural life, he dwells; and with him dwell 
The care and bustle of a busy world! Peace and content, twins of the sylvan shade, 
All in the sacred, sweet, sequester’d vale And all the graces of the golden age. 
—Michael Bruce. 
HE green earth sends its incense up 
From every mountain shrine — 
From every flower and dewy cup 
That greeteth the sunshine. 
—Whittier. 
le thou art worn and hard beset Thy heart from fainting, and thy soul from sleep, ° 
With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, Go to the woods and hills!—no tears 
If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. 
—Longfellow, 
O nature! how in every charm serene. 
—Beattie. 
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