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2lntl)03eantl)um oitoratum. Natural Order: Graminece—Grass Family. 
: 'HAT is more delightful to the senses of one pent up amid 
{-the brick and dust of a crowded city than to behold a spot 
of refreshing verdure? It rejoices the eye, and fills the 
soul with gladness. Who can look abroad at the waving 
meadows and close-cropped pastures and not acknowledge the 
beneficence of the all-wise Creator? No other color would be 
so grateful to the vision, and no other color would always appear so 
fresh and new. The grass, along with all grains, belongs to the exten¬ 
sive order Gramineae, which contributes more to the sustenance of man 
and beast than all others combined. It has an element of poetry in its 
botanical name, which signifies sweetly-scented yellow flower; and has 
for ages been considered an emblem of utility. 
TTERE may I always on this downy grass, 
A A Unknown, unseen, my easy minutes pass! 
'T'HUS is nature’s vesture wrought, 
A To instruct our wandering thought; 
Thus she dresses green and gay, 
To dispense our cares away. —z)yer. 
— Roscommon. 
A TOT enjoyment and not sorrow 
^ ’ Is our destin’d end or way, 
But to act that each tomorrow 
Finds us farther than today. —Longfellovj. 
T'HE chiefest action for a man of spirit, 
Is never to be out of action; we should think 
The soul was never put into the body, 
Which has so many rare and curious pieces 
Of mathematical motion, to stand still. 
Virtue is ever sowing her seeds. —Webster. 
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HE even grass beneath our feet 
Was something greener and more sweet 
Than that which grew below. 
We breathed a purer, better air; 
Our lives seemed wider and more fair, 
And earth with love aglow. 
—Henry Abbey. 
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