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Motentitla, 
Potentilla formosa. Narurat Orver: Rosacee—Rose Family. 
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xSHE habit of this plant, being similar to that of the straw- 
berry, renders it superior for rock work, or the adornment 
of hanging-baskets; and some of the larger kinds, being free 
bloomers, make a very nice appearance when placed in the 
shrubbery borders. The flowers are various as well as 
handsome, being rose-colored, scarlet, yellow, and scarlet 
and buff combined, continuing in bloom from five to six months. 
[' One of the native species is sometimes called Cinquefoil, or Five- 
‘ ( finger; and the plant is used medicinally for its astringent and tonic 
" properties, but scarcely merits its name (from the Latin otens, 
I> powerful), as it is rather a mild astringent. Although called hardy 
perennials, they are the better for some light protection in winter. 
Beloved Daughter. 
HOU art my daughter—never loved as now— 
Thou mountain maid—thou child of liberty! 
Urilda! well from Uri’s height I named thee, 
Free as its breezes— purer than its snows. 
—Maturin, 
HE obeys with speedy will | Scesasense masters every sense, 
Her grave parents’ wise commands; And her virtues grace her birth: 
And so innocent, that ill Lovely as all excellence, 
She nor acts, nor understands. Modest in her most of mirth. 
—William Habington, , —William Browne, 
HE comforts all her mother’s days, 
And with her sweet, obedient ways 
She makes her labor light; 
So sweet to hear, so fair to see! 
O, she is much too good for me. 
, —Fean Ingelow. 
ND a stranger when he sees her And all voices that address her 
In the street, even, smileth stilly, Soften, sleeken every word, 
Just as you would at a lily; As if speaking to a bird. 
\ —Mrs. Browning. 
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