^llpssum niaitthnum. Natural Order: Cruciferce—Mustard Family. 
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»MONG the ancients the Alyssums were supposed to possess 
some charmed property, which had power to control and 
subdue violent and ungovernable paroxysms of temper, and 
keep the disposition mild and passive. Its name is derived 
from the Greek a, not, and lussa , rage. It is a perennial of 
^easy culture, and gladdens the garden from June to October 
with its fine leaves, delicate white flowers and sweet perfume. The 
’ rC Rock (Saxatile) Alyssum is a native of Candia, and has yellow bios- 
soms in close corymbous bunches. 
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fibril Iir 1 nrr. lirnidij. 
QAID I she was not beautiful? Her eyes upon your sight 
^ Broke with the lambent purity of planetary light, 
And as intellectual beauty, like a light within a vase, 
Touch’d every line with glory of her .animated face. 
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'ELL me not that he’s a poor man, 
Tat his dress is coarse and bare; 
Tell me not his daily pittance 
Is a workman’s scanty fare; 
Tell me not his birth is humble, 
That his parentage is low; 
Is he honest in his actions? 
This is all I want to know. 
—'Joseph Comer. 
T T ERE only merit constant pay receives; 
A Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives. 
— Pope. 
- Willis. 
AH, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem, 
^ By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! 
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem 
For that sweet odor which doth in it live. 
— Shakespeare. 
T7AR better in its place the lowliest bird 
-*■ Should sing aright to Him the lowliest song, 
Than that a seraph strayed, should take the word 
And sing his glory wrong. — Jean Ingelow. 
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. 
— Shakespeare. 
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FOOD actions crown themselves with lasting bays; 
^ Who well deserves needs not another’s praise. 
— Heath. 
T T is witness still of excellency 
*■ To put a strange face on its own perfection. 
— Shakespeare. 
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