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Hasebay, 
Rhododendron maximum. Natrurar Orver: Ericacee— Heath Family. 
A NATIVE tree from ten to fifteen feet high, the Rosebay is 
» found principally in the Middle States. The leaves are thick 
and leathery when mature, and are about five or six inches 
“in length. The flowers, which appear in July and August, 
2 are rose-color, frequently dotted with purple or yellow, and 
‘ \"Sappear in fine contrast to the evergreen foliage. The whole 
: genus “delights in shady woodlands and cool swamps; indeed, their 
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aw’ for their brilliancy and diversity of color. The yellow variety is from 
Siberia and the Caucasus mountains, where it grows in low bushes. 
Galking. 
E silent always when you doubt your sense, 
And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence. 
—Pope. 
NLESS thou find occasion, hold thy tongue HAT need there is to be reserved in speech, 
Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. And temper all our thoughts with charity. 
—Sir F. Denham. — Wordsworth, 
IS air, his voice, his looks, and honest soul, 
Speak all so movingly in his behalf, 
I dare not trust myself to hear him talk. 
—Addison. 
HE spake in language whose strange melody Y tongue will tell the anger of my heart; 
Might not belong to earth. I heard, alone, Or else my heart, concealing it, will break: 
What made its music more melodious be — And, rather than it shall, I will be free, 
The pity and the love of every tone. Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. 
= —Shelly. —Shakespeare, 
S I listened to thee, 
The happy hours pass’d by us unperceived, 
So was my soul fixed to the soft enchantment. 
—Rowe, 
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