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Hudhbechia, 
- Rudbeckia lacniata. Narurar OrvDER: Composite — Aster Family, 
ERY properly this plant has been dedicated to Olaus Rudbeck, 
6 a celebrated botanist of Upsal, Sweden, a man unequaled in 
the ardor and zeal with which he prosecuted his botanical 
researches. His son, of the same name, followed in his foot- 
? steps, and was scarcely less distinguished. The Swedes have a 
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‘taste for the science, and Linnzus, one of the greatest of naturalists, 
was a countryman of the Rudbecks. His reputation has somewhat 
overshadowed the earlier workers. The Rudbeckia is a tall plant, 
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resembling the sunflower, and is found growing freely around swamps 
and ditches throughout the United States and Canada, and blooms 
<¢ from August to September. 
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HAT stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? 
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just, 
And he but naked, though lock’d up in steel, 
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. 
—Shakespeare, 
HOUGH with tardy step USTICE, when equal scales she holds, is blind, 
Celestial justice comes, that step is sure, Nor cruelty, nor mercy, change her mind: 
Unerring is her bolt, and where it falls, When some escape for that which others die, 
Eternal will the ruin be. —Samuel Hays, | Mercy to those, to these is cruelty, —Denhant, 
HAPPY lot be thine, and larger light 
Await thee there; for thou hast bound thy will 
In cheerful homage to the rule of right, 
And lovest all, and doest good for ill. 
—Bryant. 
HE sun of justice may withdraw his beams Nor virtue droop despondent; soon these clouds 
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Awhile from earthly ken, and sit concealed Seeming eclipse, will brighten into day, 
In dark recess, pavilioned round with clouds; And in majestic splendor he will rise, 
Yet let not guilt presumptuous rear her crest, With healing and with terror on his wings. 
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