Wlint 
C^COpOllhtin fOinplaimtum. Natural Order: Lycopodiacea—Club Moss Family. 
ff^YCOPODIUM is one of the humbler types of vegetation 
s that in the earlier stages of our globe occupied a place of 
' higher rank, and attained a size more worthy of consideration, 
jj^as some of the specimens now existing in a fossil state amply 
show. When other and more important vegetation made 
r its appearance, the less useful descended to a minor and 
more obscure position, till now it scarcely more than lends variety to 
the scene. This mossy plant has a round stem, and is frequently 
found creeping along the ground in woods that are moist and shady, 
^9 being some five or six feet in length. There are several greenhouse 
varieties useful for ferneries and hanging-baskets, but they require con¬ 
siderable moisture to grow well. The name signifies leveled or hori¬ 
zontal wolf’s-foot. 
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'T'HERE are fancies strangely bitter in the surge of this restless sea, 
And hopes, and dreams, and memories, all rising mournfully; 
The waves that are softly breaking, with starry luster kissed, 
Summon a host of phantoms out of the ocean-mist. 
—Christian Reid. 
/'''RIEV’ST thou that hearts should change? Spring with her flowers doth die; 
Lo! where life reigneth Fast fades the gilded sky; 
Or the free sight doth range, And the full moon on high 
What long remaineth? Ceaselessly waneth. —Anonymous. 
COME, now again thy woes impart, 
''- y Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin; 
We cannot heal the throbbing heart, 
Till we discern the wounds within. 
— Crabbe. 
\ WIND-HARP swelled into perfect song 
^ ’Neath Zephyr’s soft touch; 
But Boreas did it a grievous wrong, 
For he smote it too much — 
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He smote it so rudely, its delicate chords 
Wailed in musical pain, 
Saying, in plaintive and mystical words, 
“We accord not again!” 
—Howard Glyndon. 
