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Sage. 
Salvia officinalis. Narurar Orver: Labiate—ALint Family. 
s, AGE is an humble denizen of the kitchen-garden, never making 
” its appearance on the lawn among the gay and brilliant com- 
panions that we find it associated with in the botany, but con- 
tent to be surrounded by the less obtrusive though more useful 
;, plants—the crisp lettuces, the peas, the beans, and numerous 
Vee others that garnish our tables during the summer months. In 
order to be well grown it requires a mellow soil, when it becomes 
a pleasing object to the eye, its peculiar green distinguishing it from 
.s name, is derived from salvo, I save, as it possesses valuable medical 
properties, being classed in botanical works as a tonic and expectorant. 
Damestig Virtug. 
ND oh, the atmosphere of home! how bright 
It floats around us when we sit together 
Under a bower of vine in summer weather, 
Or round the hearthstone on a winter night. 
—Park Benjamin. 
O single virtue could we most commend, ean to be good, but aim not to be great; 
Whether the wife, the mother or the friend; A woman’s noblest station is retreat; 
For she was each in that supreme degree, Her fairest virtues fly from public sight; 
That as no one prevail’d, so all was she. Domestic worth —that shuns too strong a light. 
—Dryden. —Lord Lyttleton. 
a Dee sum of all that makes a just man happy, 
Consists in the well choosing of his wife. —Massinger. 
LL day, like some sweet bird, content to sing |B perdnes happiness! thou only bliss 
In its small cage, she moveth to and fro— Of Paradise that has surviv’d the fall! 
And ever and anon will upward spring Though few now taste thee unimpair’d and free, 
To her sweet lips, fresh from the fount below, Or, tasting, long enjoy thee; too infirm, 
The murmur’d melody of pleasant thought. Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets 
—Mrs. E. Oakes Smith. Unmix’d with drops of bitter. —Couper. ‘i 
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