Stay of Betllehem. 
Ornithogalum wnbellatum. Narurar Orver: Liliacee—Lily Family. 
ENTIONED by Pliny, author of a Natural History, who 
& flourished a. p. 77, the Ornithogalum has given rise to 
Ye much comment as to the origin of its name. It is 
derived from two Greek words, ornithos, a bird, and gala, 
milk —a most singular combination, surely; and we cannot 
® help suggesting the following theory: The Greeks had a 
pretty and poetic conceit, that in spring a certain wind blew, and 
with it brought the birds of passage to gladden their bowers with 
a song, and this wind they named ornithias, or bird-wind. Now the 
Star of Bethlehem blooms in April and May, about the time of the 
birds’ return, thus poetically is seen a flower greeting the birds; a 
Je flower, too, which is of an opaque white, or milk color. The 
. % English name is from the shape of the blossom. The bulbs fre- 
# quently attain a great size. 
Reconcihation. 
OR did he doubt her more, 
But rested in her fealty, till he crowned 
A happy life with a fair death. — Tennyson. 
HOM but Maud should I meet — ELL do vanish’d frowns enhance 
And she touched my hand with a smile so sweet The charms of every brighten’d glance, 
She made me divine amends And dearer seems each dawning smile 
For a courtesy not return’d. --Tennyson. For having lost its light awhile. —Moore. 
WOULD have my love 
Angry sometimes, to sweeten off the rest 
Of her behavior. —Ben Fonson. 
ND didst thou weep, She called me by my name: 
And J did not console? Our spirits rushed together, glad 
Look up, and be no longer sad!” And swift as flame to flame. : 
—Dora Greenwell. ' 
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