Sriqjus laciistrts. Natural Order: Cyperacece—Sedge Family. 
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^ OST uncommon and peculiar is the appearance of the Bulrush 
r Clubrush, as it is occasionally called, which makes it quite 
& noticeable wherever it appears among other grasses; the 
leaves being tubular, with various tine grooves or channels 
running up and down their length. The Lake Bulrush is 
^the largest of the species; growing in low lands, muddy 
marshes, and on the margins of streams and ponds. In early times 
it was much used in scouring tin, copper and pewter ware, but 
modern arts having supplied us with much better substitutes, it now 
remains unmolested. It was in some species of Bulrush or reed 
found along the borders of the Nile, that the infant Moses was dis¬ 
covered and rescued by the maids of the Egyptian princess. 
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QHE will, and she will not — she grants, denies, 
v -' Consents, retracts, advances, and then flies. 
— Granville. 
'T'HREE things a wise man will not trust: 
A The wind, the sunshine of an April day, 
And woman’s plighted faith. I have beheld 
The weathercock upon the steeple point 
Steady from morn till eve, and I have seen 
The bees go forth upon an April morn, 
Secure the sunshine will not end in showers: 
But when was woman true? — Sotithey. 
j\ \ OST fair is e’er most fickle. A fair girl 
Is like a thousand beauteous things of earth, 
Bnt most like them in love of change. 
— Peerbold. 
T'LOUDS turn with every wind about; Are seen to scud against the wind: 
They keep us in suspense and donbt; Is not this lady just the same? 
Yet oft perverse, like woman-kind, For who can tell what is her aim? —Swift. 
'T'HE shepherd told me all his pain; — 
I ran and told it all again; 
But Phillis gave herself such airs 
It fills poor Colin’s breast with cares; 
And I can hardly tell, I’m sure, 
If she will grant at last a cure,— 
I’ve told you all, and what think you? 
I won’t repeat: so tell me — do! —Mrs. Norton. 
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