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Ballota nigra. Natural Order: Labiatce — Mint Family. 
^ ERE is an unattractive foreign plant supposed to have been 
introduced into this country through the commerce of the 
nations, as many of our now obnoxious weeds have found 
their way, concealed in various grains imported for seed. 
It is now frequently found naturalized in the Helds and by 
the waysides. The stem is from two to three feet high, 
^ having broad, opposite leaves covered with a soft down. It derives 
its name from the Greek word hallo , to throw, or reject, on account 
of its offensive odor. It blooms in July, the flowers being either 
purple or white, and of little beauty. 
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AKE my esteem, if you on that can live; 
But frankly, sir, ’tis all I have to give. 
— Dryden. 
TTE came too late! Her countless dreams 
Of hope had long since flown. 
No charms dwelt in his chosen themes, 
Nor in his whisper’d tone; 
And when with word and smile he tried 
Affection still to prove, 
She nerved her heart with woman’s pride, • 
And spurn’d his fickle love. -Elizabeth Bogart. 
ITTHERE is another sweet as my sweet, 
'* Fine of the fine, and shy of the shy? 
Fine little hands, fine little feet — 
Dewy blue eye. 
Shall I write to her? shall I go? 
Ask her to marry me by-and-by? 
Somebody said that she’d say no. 
-Tennyson. 
F you oblige me suddenly to choose, 
My choice is made — and I must you refuse. 
— Dryden. 
IKE a lovelv tree 
She grew to womanhood, and between whiles 
Rejected several suitors. 
-Byron. 
T HAVE heard — 
A But you shall promise ne’er again 
To breathe your vows or speak your pain. 
— Prior. 
TVO I not in plainest truth 
^ Tell you — I do not, nor I cannot love you? 
-Shakespea re. 
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