Sweet Sultan, 
Amberboa moschata. Natura Orver: Composite—Aster Family. 
=] UEER, quaint and isolated, but sunny Persia, is the native 
land of this plant, while others of the same species are 
#= natives of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. 
They are all handsome annuals, of easy cultivation, pro- 
ducing purple, white, or yellow flowers, which are endowed 
with a slight odor of musk. They are about a foot and 
a half high, and are most excellent for planting in mixed borders, 
Ke. yielding flowers during the whole summer, which reward the culti- 
IN vator with their perfume, and an abundant supply for bouquets and 
Awii<- decorations. 
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Bike Felicity. 
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S F ND may the stream of thy maturing life 
Forever flow, in blissful sunlight through 
A fairy scene with gladsome beauty rife, 
As ever greeted the enraptur’d view! 
—A. WW. Noney. 
H! happy pair, to every blessing born! Y life has been like summer skies 
* For you may life’s calm stream unruffled run! When they are fair to view, 
For you its roses bloom without a thorn, But there never yet were hearts or skies, 
And bright as morning shine its evening sun! Clouds might not wander through. 
—R. T. Paine. —Mrs. L. P. Smith. 
M** hope not too deceptive prove; 
May sweet contentment round you throw 
Such bliss as may-be found below! 
—F. T. Watson. 
ND I was glad that night, That flowed like some tidal eddy, 
With no reason ready, Or shone like a star that was rising bright 
To give my own heart for its deep delight, With comforting radiance steady. 
—Fean Ingelow. 
. il Desens is a spell in every flower — 
A sweetness in each spray; 
And every simple bird has power 
To please me with its lay! 
—Anne Peyre Dinnies, 
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