IpcpuluS ranbicans. Natural Order: Sail caeca:—Willow Family. 
TILITY and agreeableness are combined in this handsome tre£, 
and it is often used, interspersed with others, to break the 
^ monotony in foliage groups, and yield a grateful shade, for 
I*, which it is well adapted. The height averages from forty to 
fifty feet, the thickness being in good proportion, with an 
IF ample crown of dark green leaves. The buds are resinous, 
and possess strong tonic and other medicinal properties, whence they 
are frequently used as a domestic medicine. Po^pulus balsamifera is a 
similar variety, found wild in swamps and other moist places, and is 
called Tacamahac or Balsam Poplar, as it yields a -resinous gum from 
the buds in the same manner as the Balm of Gilead. 
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A J O radiant pearl which crested fortune wears, 
^ ' No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty’s ears, 
Not the bright stars which night’s blue arch adorn, 
Nor rising sun that gilds the vernal morn, 
Shines with such luster as the tear that flows 
Down virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes. 
— Dr. E. Darwin. 
\ ND when he read, they forward lean’d, 
1 Drinking with thirsty hearts and ears 
His brook-like songs, whose glory never wean’d 
From humble smiles and tears. 
Slowly there grew a tenderer awe, 
Sun-like, o’er faces brown and hard, 
As if in him who read they felt and saw 
Some presence of the bard. — James R. Lowell. 
A 7”ET a single cup of water, 
1 Or a crust to feed the starving, 
E’en one word in kindness spoken, 
Or a hand stretched to the falling 
Shall receive as great reward as 
Ever hero gained in battle, 
Saint or martyr at the scaffold. 
— Lena I. Gifforcl. 
TT is the secret sympathy, 
The silver link, the silken tie, 
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, 
In body and in soul can bind. —Scott. 
