(gupt)orbta splmiicns. Natural Order: Euphorbiacece — Spurge Family. 
HIS is a class of plants that are widely dispersed. Many 
'of them are entirely wanting in beauty or any other quality 
to recommend them to notice, particularly those found in the 
temperate regions of North America. The few admitted 
f within the precincts of the conservatory, greenhouse or dwell- 
L ing are from the tropics, chiefly from South America. The 
above variety much resembles some of the Cacti; the stem is thick, 
fleshy and branching, and fortified with strong, sharp thorns. The 
leaves are few and oval; the flowers small, but of a brilliant scarlet. 
It is a native of Madagascar, and is only grown as a greenhouse 
or parlor plant, where it can have heat in winter. According to 
Pliny, it was named by Juba II., the king of Mauretania, in honor 
nfw' of physician, Euphorbus. 
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QOME did all folly with just sharpness blame, 
^ While others laughed, and scorned them into shame; 
But, of these two, the last succeeded best, 
As men aim Tightest when they shoot in jest. 
-. —Dry den. 
EAR heart, for whom I wait from year to year, V EPROVE not in his wrath incensed man, 
Counting as beads each slowly-lagging day, 
What joy detains thee? In what distant sphere 
Art thou content to keep so long away? 
—Joel Benton. 
^ Good counsel comes clean out of season then; 
But when his fury is appeas’d and pass’d, 
He will conceive his fault and mend at last. 
— Randolph. 
Tjj'ORBEAR sharp speeches to her. She ’s a lady 
A So tender of rebukes that words are strokes, 
And strokes death to her. —Shakespeare. 
Prithee forgive me; 
I did but chide in jest; the best loves use it 
Sometimes: it sets an edge upon affection. 
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How dare you let your voice 
Talk out of tune so with the voice of God 
In earth and sky? —Mrs. Osgood. 
-Middleton. 
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