5 
M a 1 m - 
illoncui)a Lltiilinm. Natural Order: fabiatcc—JVIint Family. 
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UCH coarser, and less delicate in odor, than the garden 
varieties, is the Wild Balm, commonly called Mountain Mint, 
and scientifically named, as above, in honor of Monardes, 
a Spanish botanist of the sixteenth century, who wrote a 
work on the medicinal virtues of the botanical productions 
^of the new world. It is a tall, herbaceous plant, found in 
the fields and woods, having fragrant leaves and crimson flowers 
that improve under cultivation. In medicine it possesses stimulat- 
an( l carminitive properties. An infusion of the leaves is known 
as Oswego tea; and the flowers yield the coloring principle of 
cochineal. 
| Vnine In nr 
T'HOU’RT like a star; for when my way was cheerless and forlorn, 
And all was blackness like the sky before a coming storm, 
Thy beaming smile and words of love, thy heart of kindness free, 
Illumed my path, then cheered my soul, and bade its sorrows flee. 
H AS 
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r AST thou no human friend 
To whom in hours like these to turn, 
When thine o’erburdened soul will yearn 
Its bitterness to end? — Miss M. H. Rand. 
WE pine for kindred natures 
To mingle with our own; 
For communings more full and high 
Than aught by mortals known. 
Mrs. Hemans. 
AND when the world looked cold on him, 
And blight hung on his name, 
She soothed his cares with woman’s love, 
And hade him rise again. _ 
(AUR hearts, my love, were form’d to be 
The genuine twins of sympathy, 
They live Avith one sensation; 
In joy or grief, but most in love, 
Like chords in unison they move, 
And thrill with like vibration. —Moor, 
T OVE’S soft sympathy imparts 
^ That tender transport of delight 
That beats in undivided hearts. 
— Cartvjriglit. 
If INDNESS bv secret sympathy is tied, 
v For noble souls in nature are allied. 
—Dry den. 
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