JANUARY 12 
American Elm ..... Patriotism. 
He who maintains his country’s laws 
Alone is great; or he who dies in the good cause. 
/Sir ft. JIunt. 
O Heaven, he cried, my bleeding country save! 
Is there no hand on high to shield the brave? 
Yet though destruction sweep those lovely plains, 
Rise, fellow-men ! Our country yet remains ! 
pAMPBELL, 
JANUARY 13 
American Linden —... Matrimony. 
Wedded love is founded on esteem, 
Which the fair merits of the mind engage, 
For those are charms which never can decay; 
But time which gives new whiteness to the swan, 
Improves their luster. 
JANUARY 14 
American Starwort _ Cheerfulness in old age. 
Oh no! I never will grow old, 
Though years on years roll by, 
And silver o’er my dark brown hair, 
And dim my laughing eye. 
(Sara jJane pLARKE. 
The spring, like youth, fresh blossoms doth produce, 
But autumn makes them ripe and fit for use. 
[Sir jJ. Penham. 
