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Opportunity. 
HE means that heaven yields must be embraced, 
And not neglected; else, if heaven would, 
And we will not, heaven’s offer we refuse, 
The proffer’d means of succor and redress. —sShakespeare. 
FIND my zenith doth depend upon ISS not occasion; by the forelock take 
A most suspicious star; whose influence That subtle power, the never-halting time, 
If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Lest a mere moment’s putting off should make 
Will ever after droop. —Shakespeare. Mischance almost as heavy as a crime. 
— Wordsworth, 
HE golden opportunity 
Is never offer’d twice; seize then the hour 
When fortune smiles, and duty points the way. 
—Old Play. . 
HE old Scythians [wings, CCASION, set on wing, flies fast away, 
Painted blind Fortune’s powerful hands with Whose back once turned, no holdfast can we find; 
To show her gifts come swift and suddenly, Her feet are swift, bald is her head behind; 
Which, if her fav’rite be not swift to take, Whoso hath hold, and after lets her go, 
ly He loses them forever. —Chapman, ~- Does lose the lot which fortune did bestow. i 
—Mirror for Magistrates, , 
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Phasealns, 
Phaseolus multiflorus. Naruray Orver: Leguminose— Pulse Family. 
wu e3NE of the plants that have been utilized by man for food, the 
E> Phaseolus, is familiar to all under the name of Bean. Some 
few are indigenous to the soil, but most of those grown, either 
for food or ornament, are from foreign lands. The Phaseolus 
> vulgaris, that is so much grown for its edible pods, is from 
SS the East Indies, as are also the short Bush and Lima Beans, 
all three of which produce white flowers. The Phaseolus multiflorus, 
is also a variety with white and lilac flowers. The Hyacinth Bean is 
‘another handsome bloomer, and, with the two previously mentioned, is 
‘a My cultivated as an ornamental climber for screens, trellises and arbors. 
