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— (October t5tb — Fidelity, Merrlage. 
Ct^eeping where no life is seen, 
A rare old plant is the ivy green. 
C. Dickens. 
Love Idea Bleeding. —t6tb— Hopeleee—not Heartlesa. 
This flower that first appeared as summer's guest, 
Reserves her beauty ’mid autumnal leaves. 
And to her mournful habits fondly cleaves. 
WordsvHtrth. 
Cypreaa. — t7tb — Mourning. 
The cypress, that daily shades the grave, 
Is sorrow that mourns her bitter loL 
Percival. 
Mobs. — I8tb — Maternal Love. 
When nature dresses 
It fills its part well, therefore honour it; 
There seems a kindly feeling in it, as though 
A spirit of goodness peeped from out the earth 
To shield decay.— Barry Cornwall. 
Leech-Tree. — X9tb — Froiperity. 
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. 
That w reaths its old fantastic roots so high. 
Gray. 
Acacia. — 20tb — Platonic Love. 
Love, the last best gift of heaven ; 
o Love, gentle, holy, pure.— Keble. 
