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Spikenara, 
Aralia racemosa. Naturar Orver: Araliacee—Ginseng Family. 
; } OUND chiefly in the woods of the Northern States and Canada, 
be this plant has a pleasant, aromatic root, which is sometimes 
used medicinally, and as an ingredient in some manufactured 
beverages. It is not to be understood, however, that this is 
2 the true Spikenard (sometimes called Nard) so highly spoken 
ws, of in Scripture, which is supposed to belong to India, as 
only an inferior kind is found in Palestine. It has an aro- 
matic smell, and is a favorite article of perfume in Thibet and Nepaul. 
It is said to grow in large tufts, rising upward like grass, and forms 
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8 an article of considerable traffic in Egypt and Turkey. It is from 
this plant that the highly-precious, odoriferous ointment is made, and 
a box containing a pound, in the time of our Saviour, was valued 
at more than three hundred pence, or denarii, a Roman coin, which, 
at fifteen cents each, amounted to about forty-five dollars. 
Benefits. 
E that neglects a blessing, though he want 
A present knowledge how to use it, 
Neglects himself. —Beaumont and Fletcher. 
ND ’tis not sure so full a benefit, O brag of benefits one hath bestown, 
Freely to give as freely to require; Doth make the best seem less, and most seem 
A bounteous act hath glory following it, So oftentimes the greatest courtesy [none; 
They cause the glory that the act desire. Is by the doer made an injury. 
—Lady Carew, —Brome. 
O meditate, to plan, resolve, perform, 
Which in itself is good—as surely brings 
Reward of good, no matter what be done. 
—Pollock. 
IND despatch’d upon the busy toil, [soil; She should imbue the tongue with what she sips, 
Should range where Providence has bless’d the And shed the balmy blessing on the lips, 
Visiting every flow’r with labor meet, That good diffus’d may more abundant grow, 
And gathering all her treasures sweet by sweet, And speech may praise the pow’r that bids it flow. 
—Cowper. 
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