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(Halncantl)US flonbus. Natural Order: Calycautkacece—Calycanth Family. 
UR Southern States, more especially the Carolinas, are the 
native seats of this fragrant shrub, whence it is sometimes 
called Carolina Allspice. It is generally found in fertile soils 
along water courses, is of a straggling growth, and does not 
attain a very great height — usually from three to four feet 
only. It is also frequently cultivated in gardens and shrub¬ 
beries, where it has received the praise of many for the odor of its 
blossoms, which have a strawberry or fruit-like fragrance. The bark 
when broken also exhales a spicy perfume. The flowers are of a 
dull, lurid purple, and bloom on very short stems. 
J3rucimlrnnu 
BLESSED bounty, giving all content! 
^ The only fautress of all noble arts, 
That lend’st success to every good intent, 
A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts, 
By heav’n to none but happy souls infused, 
Pity it is that e’er thou wast abused. 
— Drayton. 
H' 
OW few, like thee, inquire the wretched out, 
And court the offices of soft humanity! 
Like thee, reserve their raiment for the naked, 
Reach out their bread to feed the crying orphan, 
Or mix the pitying tears with those that weep! 
— Rovje. 
T T ALF his earn’d pittance to poor neighbors went: 
1 1 They had his alms, and he had his content. 
— Walter Harte. 
17 ROM thy new hope, and from thy growing store, 
r 
Now lend assistance, and relieve the poor. 
— Dryden. 
C'ODLIKE his unwearied bounty flows; 
^ First loves to do, then loves the good he does. 
— Sir J. Denham. 
He that’s liberal 
To all alike may do good by chance, 
But never out of judgment. 
For his bounty, 
There was no winter in’t; an autumn ’twas, 
That grew the more by reaping. *1 g 
—Beaumont and Fletcher. —Shakespeare . " 
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