Phlox. 
Phlox subulata. Narurat Orver: Polemoniacee—Polemonium Family. 
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Sy T is said that Drummond, an eminent botanist and collector 
of flowers, on seeing some of the above in blossom, smiling 
Ry. among the barren pine-lands in New Jersey, exclaimed, “the 
beauty of that alone is worth coming to America to see; it 
+, is so splendid!” and truly they are beautiful. The Phlox is 
) found on rocky hills, from New Jersey west to Kentucky 
and south to Georgia, usually growing in clusters, and blooming in 
May. The flower is either pink or white, with a dark spot in the 
center. The most handsome garden Phloxes are those called Phlox 
Drummondii, named after the above botanist, and probably derived 
from our native variety. The blossoms, arraying themselves in almost 
“every concievable tint of the various colors, are charming to the eye. 
(@ ),! Phe Greek word Phlox denotes flame. 
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Qnanimity. 
HOU wast my nurse in sickness, and my comforter in health, 
So gentle and so constant, when our love was all our wealth. 
—Albert Pike. 
H! we will walk this world, HERE are two hearts whose movements thrill 
Yok’d in all exercise of noble aim, In unison so closely sweet, 
And so through those dark gates across the wild That pulse to pulse, responsive still, 
That no man knows. They both must heave—or cease to beat. 
—Tennyson. —Barton. 
co moment of full-fruited gleaning! 
Rapturous blending of spirit with kin! 
One in the heavens but knoweth the meaning 
Of tenderest mystery hidden within 
. This meeting of waters, this harvested sheen. 
—Mary B. Dodge. 
OW gladly, then, the days would glide, What peace our sheltered lives would hold, 
How faultlessly the nights would follow, What rest our placid hearts discover, 
With cadences of many a tide While wind, and bird, and sea-wave told 
In many a cavern cool and hollow! The joys of lover and of lover! 
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—Edgar Fawcett. 
