Caflerstrcemia Jubitil. Natural Order: Lythracece — Loosestrife Family. 
SL WEDEN was the birthplace of Magnus Lagerstroem, the noted 
f traveler and botanist for whom this beautiful exotic shrub was 
named, and as it was supposed to have come originally from 
the East Indies, the qualifying adjective, Indica, was added. 
I^The petals of the flowers are very delicate, and are attached 
to the calyx by long, slender claws, which give it a light and 
airy appearance. The shrub is trequently lound in the Southern 
States, where it is quite hardy, but in the northern section of the 
United States i't is found only in conservatories. Very recently a 
^ , white-blooming plant was found in Arkansas, growing wild; it being 
,the first discovered of that color, it was of course very choice, and was 
at once removed by an enthusiastic amateur for propagation. 
M 
ETHOUGHT I heard a voice 
Sweet as the shepherd’s pipe upon the mountains 
When all his little flock’s at feed before him. —Otway. 
0 
H! I know 
Thou hast a tongue to charm the wildest temper; 
Herds would forget to graze, and savage beasts 
Stand still, and lose their fierceness, but to hear thee, 
As if they had reflection; and by reason 
Forsook a less enjoyment for a greater. —Rovje. 
T T IS eloquence is classic in its style, 
-*■ 1 Not brilliant with explosive coruscations 
Of heterogeneous thoughts, at random caught, 
And scattered like a shower of shooting stars, 
That end in darkness; no —his noble mind 
Is clear, and full, and stately, and serene. 
— Mrs. Hale. 
T 
HAT voice was wont to come in gentle whispers, 
And fill my ears with the soft breath of love. 
— Otway. 
HP HE charm of eloquence — the skill 
1 To wake each secret string, 
And from the bosom’s chords at will 
Life’s mournful music bring; 
The o’ermastering strength of mind, which sways 
The haughty and the free, 
Whose might earth’s mightiest ones obey; 
This charm was given to thee. 
— Mrs. Embury. 
