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Racket. 
Hesperis matronalis, Natura Orver: Crucifere—Mustard Family. 
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Bh ESPERIS has three species: one a native of the United States 
‘, and found growing near Lake Huron, another from the cold 
latitude of Siberia, and a third a maritime herb found on the 
Sho fertile seeds being obtained from the single flower. The seeds should 
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be sown in the early fall, and the plants kept in a place free from 
ished. ‘The maritime variety is a smooth, thick, juicy, trailing plant, called Sea- 
Rocket. 
Rivalry. 
AS not one of the two at her side— 
This new-made lord, whose splendor plucks 
The slavish hat from the villager’s head? 
—Tennyson. 
F all the torments, all the cares, Sylvia, for all the pangs you see 
With which our lives are curst; Are lab’ring in my breast, 
Of all the plagues a lover bears, I beg you would not favor me 
Sure, rivals are the worst! Would you but slight the rest! 
By partners in each other kind, How great soe’er your rigors are, 
Afflictions easier grow; With them alone I’ll cope; 
In love alone we hate to find T can endure my own despair 
Companions of our woe. But not another’s hope. 
—William Walsh, 
F one must be rejected, one succeed, 
Make him my lord within whose faithful breast 
