Camphire. 
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An extract prepared from the dried leaves of this plant is 
used by Oriental races on visits and festive occasions, and is 
profusely employed in their religious ceremonies. 
In Egypt the henna flowers are hawked about the streets 
for sale, and the vendor, as he proceeds, cries aloud, “ Oh, 
odours of Paradise! Oh, flowers of the henna!” 
Miss Pratt, in her “ Flowers and their Associations,” intro¬ 
duces some lines of her own, in which this beloved bloom of 
the Orient is alluded to: 
“She read of isles renowned in song, 
Of skies of cloudless blue, 
And flowery plants which all year long 
Wore tints of brightest hue; 
Of vine-clad groves and myrtle shades. 
And hills with verdure clad, 
Where rose and henna ever made 
The fragrant earth seem glad; 
And as she read, the dreamer fair 
Sat, wishing that her home was there.” 
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