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(EitCintllUS Dampkrt. Natural Order: Leguminosce—Pulse Family. 
Wj T is but a few years since this beautiful flower was first 
introduced into Europe and the United States from New 
!J|r Zealand, and, as it was at first considered a delicate plant 
to cultivate, it commanded a very high price, and was with 
difficulty persuaded to bloom. The trouble was too much 
wm ^ J care. It is now grown from seeds, requiring a well-drained 
soil, and only a reasonable supply of water, as too liberal drenching 
causes it to decay at the root. The leaves grow in pairs opposite 
each other, similar to the pea family, to which class it belongs. The 
flowers appear in clusters of about half a dozen, each being from two 
iH to three inches long, and of a rich scarlet, with an intensely black 
blotch in the center. 
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T T ER eyes, her lips, her cheeks, her shape, her features, 
-*■ Seem to be drawn by love’s own hands, by love 
Himself in love. —Dryden. 
T 
HE beautiful are never desolate, 
But some one always loves them, 
— Bailey. 
IT EART on her lips, and soul within her eyes, 
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Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies. 
— Byron. 
TTER grace of motion and of look, the smooth 
A And swimming majesty of step and tread, 
The symmetry of form and feature, set 
The soul afloat, even like delicious airs 
Of flute or harp. —Milman. 
QHE has such wondrous eyes, 
v -' The saints in paradise 
Must veil their own from her. 
Around her snow-white neck 
Great pearls, like foam-bells fleck, 
The lustrous depths that stir 
With rhythmic rise and fall, 
To hide her heart from all — 
/ hold a hidden key 
To ope the gates, ma mie! 
—Edward Renaud. 
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