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C7lspl)0bclus lutl'US. Natural Order: Liliacece —Lily Family , 
ERY fine among the family of lilies is the Asphodel, a gar- 
pl^nt from the island of Sicily. It is very easily culti- 
f\ vated, and multiplies rapidly. The stem is nearly three feet 
high, and adorned with hollow, three-cornered leaves. The 
flowers, which are yellow, bloom closely along the stalk, almost 
coveiing its whole length. There is also a white variety, a native 
of Europe. The name is from the Greek, and means not to be 
equaled. They planted it beside the tombs, and fancied that beyond 
the Acheron the deceased roamed through fields of Asphodel, quaff¬ 
ing the waters of Lethe. 
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'T'HE dead! the much-loved dead! 
Who doth not yearn to know 
The secret of their dwelling-place, 
And to what land they go? 
\\ hat heart but asks, with ceaseless tone, 
For some sure knowledge of its ozvu f 
TI7HEN the summer moon is shining 
Soft and fair, 
Friends she loved in tears are twining 
Chaplets there. 
Rest in peace, thou gentle spirit, 
Throned above — 
Souls like thine with God inherit 
Life and love! —James T. Fields. 
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—Alary E. Lee. 
N my left hand I held a shell, 
All rosy-lipped and pearly red; 
I laid it by his lowly bed, 
For he did love so passing well 
The grand songs of the solemn sea. 
Oh! shell, sing well! wild! with a will! 
When storms blow loud and birds be still, 
The wildest sea-song known to thee! 
—Joaquin Miller. 
pVYDE! flowers, fade! nature will have it so; 
’Tis what we must in our autumn do! 
And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground, 
The loss alone by those that lov’d them found, 
So in the grave shall we as quiet lie, 
Miss’d bv some few that loved our company. 
— Waller. 
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