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^tpocpnum antivosccmifcilium. Natural Order: Apocynacece—Dogbane Family. 
MONG our wild field-flowers we meet with this plant, some¬ 
times called Dogbane, because,' according to Pliny, some of 
the species were supposed to be fatal to those animals, as 
ip is, indeed, the extract of one of the genus, which is obtained 
IgyyG from the seeds of the strychnos nux vomica of India. It is 
' ^ 3 ‘hf^sold under the name of strychnine, and is fatal not only to 
the canine race, but to all animal life. This plant is about three feet 
high, with opposite leaves from two to three inches long, rounded at 
the base, and sharp at the point. The flower is small, white, striped 
with red, and is rather pretty. 
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A H! doom’d indeed to worse than death, 
1 To teach those sweet lips hourly guile; 
To breathe through life but falsehood’s breath, 
And smile with falsehood’s smile. 
— Mrs. Osgood. 
THIRST, I would have thee cherish truth, 
1 As leading-star in virtue’s train; 
Folly may pass, nor tarnish youth, 
But falsehood leaves a poison-stain. 
—Eliza Cook. 
TT7TNNING his carriage, every look 
Employed whilst it concealed a hook; 
When simple most, most to be feared; 
Most crafty when no craft appeared; 
His tales no man like him could tell; 
His words, which melted as they fell, 
Might even a hypocrite deceive, 
And make an infidel believe. 
— Anon. 
'T'HE man of pure and simple heart 
A Through life disdains a double part; 
He never needs the screen of lies 
His inward bosom to disguise. 
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— Gay. 
ND though I stand 
In a lonely land, 
Afar from the touch of a tender hand, 
Or a mouth to kiss — 
It is better this 
Than to cling to a falsehood and dream it bliss. 
— Mary E. Bradley. 
ATO falsehood shall defile my lips with lies 
1 ' Or with a veil of truth disguise. — Sandys. 
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