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Pynke-needle, and Storke’s-byl, with other of the 
same kinde.” “ There is found in this country divers 
sortes of herbes whose seedes be long and sharpe like 
to a hearon’s beake or byl, the which, for the self- 
same cause, are ail comprehended under the name 
and kindes of Hearon’s-byls.” 
The Géranium is the Winter ornament of conser- 
vatories, and, in this more joyous season, it ranks 
with the chiefest of the garden’s glory; and we must 
not forget that, though of aristocratie hirth, it de- 
means itself with humility, shunning not to deck 
with its brilliant blossom the cottager’s window. I 
love to see the flower-pot, with its well-trimmed plant, 
in the casement of the poor man’s dwelling; for I 
look upon it as a sign of the comfort within, and 
I picture the well-sanded floor — the highly-polished 
chairs — the clean shelves, on which aredisplayed plates 
and jugs of various hues and patterns; and, above ail, 
the round oak table, bright and dark with âge. 
