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0£lltiana Ctl'Clulis. Natural Order: ( jenttanacece — Gentian Family . 
ETnTIANs is ci plant ol excellent tonic and febrifuge properties, 
which are said to have been first discovered by Gentius, king 
of ancient Illyria, in whose honor it was named. It is found 
abundantly in the vVestern States, where the land lies low and 
. moie or ^ ess moist > which soil seems most congenial to its 
/o 'll' growth. It is not unusual to find acres of land dotted freely 
with its blue blossoms, particularly in openings in the woods. Besides 
‘l° U1 na ^ ve P^^tots, we have other specimens from Wales, Australia, and 
^bo Alps. I he two from the first-named countries have blue flowers, 
the latter yellow ones. The more dwarf varieties are the best adapted 
for rock culture. 
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jP'IRM and resolved by sterling worth to gain 
Love and respect, thou shalt not strive in vain. 
— Sir S. E. Brydges. 
HOW thv worth with manners may I sing, 
When thou art all the better part of me? 
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring? 
And what is ’t but mine own, when I praise thee? 
. — Shakespeare. 
i^tL that is best ot beauty is its dower. 
All that is pure in piety its bequest, 
1 he subtle spring of truth, the soul of power. 
It gives our dreams their scope, our life its zest. 
-Isidore G. Ascher. 
KNOW transplanted human worth 
Will bloom to profit otherwhere. 
— Tennyson. 
r |~' HERE is a jov in worth, 
A high, mysterious, soul-pervading charm, 
Which, never daunted, ever bright and warm, 
Mocks at the idle, shadowy ills of earth, 
,r jpiS what the heart adores, where’er the eve 
Doth rest, on ocean, earth, or in the sky; 
For love ne’er worships willingly a blot, 
But looks for what is pure, for what is fair. 
Amid the gloom is bright, and tranquil in the storm. For what is good, as heaven and angels are. 
— Robert T. Conrad. 
BEAUTIES that from worth arise, 
Are like the grace of deities, 
Still present with us, though unsighted. 
— Sat He A. Brock. 
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— Sir J. Suckling. 
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