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(Eallistl'pljus (El)incnsis. Natural Order: Composite? — Aster Family. 
HE Chinese are exceedingly fond of flowers, and often take 
exquisite pains in their cultivation, the Aster being one of their 
especial favorites. With infinite patience they place the various 
colors so as to form, according to their taste, an artistic mass in 
gai dens and pleasure grounds. The varieties now supplied by 
seedsmen are numerous, the colors the most perfect that one 
could wish, and filled with petals to the center. They bloom from 
midsummei until late in the autumn, or until frost sets its sharp teeth 
in their piodigal blossoms. On the approach of winter, those that 
p* ha\ e unexpanded buds can be lifted and transferred to the house, 
Co anc ^ wasted flowers are clipped will remain in bloom some time, 
kp ^ ^ scientific name is derived from the Greek, and signifies beau¬ 
tiful crown. 
■\ipHAT you desire of him, he partly begs 
lo be desir’d to give. It much would please him, 
That of his fortunes you would make a staff 
To lean upon. 
— Shakespeare. 
TARGE was his bounty, and his soul sincere; 
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TN all places, then, and in all seasons, 
Heaven did a recompense as largely send; 1 Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings 
He gave to misery all he had-a tear; Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, 
He gain’d from heav’n—’twas all he wished, a friend. How akin they are to human things. 
a y~ — Longfellow. 
gUCI-I moderation with thy bounty join 
That thou may’st nothing give that is not thine to give. 
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ND, more than all, ye speak 
Of might and power, of mercy, of the One 
Etei nal, who hath strew’d you fair and meek, 
To glisten in the sun; 
— Denham. 
To gladden all the earth 
With bright and beauteous emblems of His grace. 
That showers its gifts of uncomputed worth 
In every clime and place. 
—Mary Anne Broxune. 
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