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^ornlloiijha 0Ltontovljua. Natural Order: Orchidacece — Orchis Family. 
N old woods, from Canada to Carolina and Kentucky, this 
singular plant may be found. It consists in a collection of 
small, fleshy tubers, connecting and branching like coral, 
whence it is called Coral root, which is a literal translation 
of its Greek botanical name; while odontorhiza in the same 
language signifies tooth root. It has no leaves or verdant 
foliage, the flower stalk being fleshy, about a foot high, with a num¬ 
ber of flowers in a long spike. The color of the blossom is brownish 
green, with a white lip spotted with purple. It usually grows in old 
woodlands throughout the northern and middle States. 
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OOD I would now repay with greater good, 
Remain within—trust to thy household gods 
And to my word for safety, if thou dost 
As I now counsels — but if not, thou art lost! 
— Byron. 
QPEAK, speak, let terror strike slaves mute, 
v -' Much danger makes great hearts most resolute. 
Marston. 
T T E that stands upon a slippery place 
A A Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. 
— Shakespeare. 
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HUS have I shun’d the fire for fear of burning; 
And drench’d me in the sea, where I am drown’d. 
— Shakespeare. 
AUR dangers and delights are near allies; 
From the same stem the rose and prickle rise. 
— Aleyn. 
'T'HE absent danger greater still appears, 
Less fears he who is near the thing he fears 
— Daniel. 
T'lIOU little know’st 
1 What he can brave, who, born and nurst 
In danger’s paths, has dared her worst! 
— Moore. 
ATOW I will unclasp a secret book, 
A ' And to your quick-conceiving discontents 
I’ll read you matter deep and dangerous; 
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As full of peril and advent’rous spirit, 
As to o’erwalk a current, roaring loud, 
On the unsteadfast footing of a spear! 
— Shakespeare. 
