Snowball, 
Diburnum roseum. Narurar Orver: Caprifoliacee — Honeysuckle Famtly. 
( HIS shrub is a native of Europe, and attracts general atten- 
{tion in early spring, when it crowns itself with bloom. The 
flowers make their appearance -at first in small, greenish 
masses, and are utterly devoid of beauty; but a few days of 
warm sunlight bleaches them to a creamy white, by which 
time. the balls have expanded to their utmost, bringing full 
assurance that the loitering days of summer are at hand. The 
Viburnum assumes a rather straggling shape if left entirely to itself, 
, but with a little attention and pruning can be trained into a well- 
shaped bush for a single specimen, or, where the luxury of space 
-, Will allow, it may be planted in groups to adorn the lawn, where it 
harmonizes well with the delicate and simple tints of the lilac and 
other spring flowers. “In England it is called the Guelder Rose. The 
significance of its botanical name is uncertain, but it is the old Latin 
appellative. 
Shoughts of Heaven. 
HE torch you turn to earth still upward lifts its flame; 
And so the soul looks up, though turned to earth in shame. 
--Wm, W. Story. 
ER thoughts were holy, saint-like, So that queenly “Snowball” blooming, 
Ever pointing to her God; : Was of her an emblem given; 
And sweetest orisons were uttered For its flower language whispers — 
By the lips beneath the sod. “My thoughts are all of heaven.” 
—Lucy M, Sanford, 
I EAVEN darkly works; yet where the seed hath been, 
There shall the fruitage, glowing, yet be seen. 
—Hemans. 
Y thoughts are not in this hour ACH individual seeks a separate goal; 
Unworthy what I see, though my dust is; But heav’n’s great view is one, and that the whole; 
Spirit! let me expire, or see them nearer! That counterworks each folly and caprice; 
—Byron. That disappoints th’ effects of ev’ry vice. —Pope. 
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