Primrose. 
Primula grandiflora. Naturat Orver: Primulacee— Primrose Family. 
NE of the first floral pages in the spring volume of nature 
may be said to be occupied by the Primroses, as they early 
peep from the ground, showing their blossoms in April; hence 
the name, from the Latin primus, first. They are natives of 
Europe, and by cultivation have been made double, and of a 
variety of colors, while in their wild state they are single and 
yellow. In greenhouses they are made to bloom in winter, and are 
gems for window culture, also. They bloom abundantly, and are so 
pure in their tints, and so delicate in their structure, as to make them 
perfectly charming to the amateur, as well as to the professional florist. 
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J ° Youth, 
OUTH has sprightliness and fire to boast, 
That in the valley of decline are lost; 
And virtue with peculiar charms appears, 
Crowned with the garland of life’s blooming years. 
—Cowper. 
H! happy breasts! unknown to pain, Nor dream of woe or future guile; 
I would not spoil your joys; For soon shall ye awaken’d find 
Nor vainly teach you to complain The joys of life’s sad, thorny way, 
Of life’s delusive toys. But fading flowerets of a day, 
Be jocund still, still sport and smile, Cut down by every wind. —Bidlake. 
IVE, that thy young and glowing breast 
Can think of death without a sigh; 
And be assured that life is best 
Which finds us least afraid to die. 
—Eliza Cook. 
HAT is youth? A smiling sorrow, Laughing, weeping, doating, changing, 
Blithe today, and sad tomorrow; Wild, capricious, giddy, vain, 
Cloyed with pleasure, nursed with pain. 
—Mary Robinson. 
Never fixed, forever ranging, 
OUTH with swift feet walks onward in the way 
The land of joy lies all before his eyes. 
—Mrs. Butler, 
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