5Dlipl)nL' OLlorata. Natural Order: Thymelacece—Mezereum Family. 
OST of the Daphnes are from those distant climes so rich 
and luxuriant in all forms of vegetation, Southern Africa, 
China and Australia; but few of the species being dis¬ 
seminated in other countries. They are worthy a choice 
place in the greenhouse, window, or conservatory, as they 
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bloom in the bleakest season of the year, beginning in Decem¬ 
ber and lasting until spring. The foliage is beautiful and evergreen, 
the flowers white, abundant and fragrant. Some of the varieties 
have rosy purple, and the Daphne oleoides lilac, blossoms. All are 
highly odoriferous. The name is derived from the nymph Daphne, 
beloved of Apollo, who was changed into this plant to escape his 
pursuit. 
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TTTHILE writing verses for my love, I looked up from the paper, 
' * And there she stood! I rose in haste, and overturned the taper. 
“How careless to put out the light!” she said. “Is it surprising,” 
I answered, “that I quenched my lamp when I saw the sun arising?” 
'T'O gild refined gold, to paint the lily, 
To throw a perfume on the violet, 
To smooth the ice, or add another hue 
Unto the rainbow, or with taper light, 
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, 
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. —Shakespeare. 
\ LOVELIER nymph the pencil never drew, 
^ For the fond Graces form’d her easy mien, 
And heaven’s soft azure in. her eye was seen. 
Q H E hath the art, via belle , 
v -' To praise most sweetly well, 
Yet only in love’s service doth she use it. 
— Heine. 
T1THEN first I saw my darling’s face, 
* * I know I did not see the grace 
That afterward, unbidden, 
Seemed filling all her dainty form, 
As day by day, love, gently born, 
Disclosed some trait long hidden, —c. c. C. 
— Hayley. 
For me, between her voice 
And all songs were there choice, 
Always ’twould well rejoice my soul to choose it. 
— Edgar Fawcett. 
—SB 
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