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(Dnctbium }pCtjfllio lUClfUS. Natural Order: Orchidacece—Orchis Family. 
FLORISTS have had their interest much aroused by a very 
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g' expensive class ol plants called Orchids, partly on account 
of their curious and beautiful flowers, and partly because 
of their strange manner of growth and individual appear¬ 
ance. They are divided into two classes, terrestrial and aerial. 
The aerial ones are confined chiefly to tropical climates, 
| c some growing in damp woods, resting on trees, while others 
S are found on dripping rocks among mountains and near water courses. 
!■ The large Butterfly Orchis is one among the finest of that family 
V) known as Oncidium, and is a native of Trinidad. The blossom has 
| the form of a butterfly, from which it takes its specific name papilio, 
a Latin word having the same significance. In color the flower is 
of a dark brown striped or barred with yellow. The large projection, called the 
lip, is yellow at the center with a brown edge or margin. The flowers come 
successively from the old flower-stems for years, one coming continuously to 
supply the place of the faded one. 
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THAT nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, 
The soul’s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy. 
— Pope. 
The magpie chatters with delight.; 
The mountain raven’s youngling brood 
'T'HE valley rings with mirth and joy, 
Among the hills the echoes play 
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A never, never ending song, 
To welcome in the May. 
Have left the mother and the nest; 
And they go rambling east and west 
* In search of their orvn food; 
Or through the glittering vapors dart, 
In very wantonness of heart. 
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HE weak have remedies, the wise have joys; 
Superior wisdom is superior bliss. —Toung. 
Give me, my cheerful brook,— 
That I may still be full of glee 
\ LITTLE of thy merriment, 
1 Of thy sparkling light content, 
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And gladsomeness where’er I be, 
Though fickle fate hath prison’d me 
In some neglected nook. 
— Lowell. 
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