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0eilipen)‘nram tl'CtOl'lllll. Natural Order: Crassu/acece — Orpine Family. 
? ARIOUS peculiar shapes are assumed by this and other 
i plants of the same class. Some grow erect like the com¬ 
mon Orpine or Live-forever, while the Houseleek assumes 
’the shape of a rosette, each thick, pointed leaf arranged in the 
'most symmetrical'order, all being so hardy that they survive the 
most adverse treatment; growing in poor soil, or even on walls or 
'housetops. Its name literally denotes, in Latin, the always alive of 
k roofs. The Echeveria, a native of California and Mexico, is the 
handsomest of the family, as the leaves are covered with a tine 
bloom, such as one sees on the cheek of a plum or a cluster ot 
'• freshly-plucked grapes. The blossoms of some are scarlet, others 
are yellow. Many of them are most excellent for the dry air ot the 
■'’^^sitting-room, and do not require as much attention as most other house 
or conservatory plants. 
Viunnhj. 
TTER merry fit she freshly ’gan to rear, 
And did of jov and jollity devise, 
Herself to cherish and her guest to cheer. 
— Spenser. 
'T'HE seasons all had charms for her, 
She welcomed each with joy: 
The charm that in her spirit liv’d 
No changes could destroy. 
— Mrs. Hale. 
'T'HE long carousal shakes th’ illumined hall, 
-*• Well speeds alike the banquet and the ball; 
And the gay dance of bounding beauty’s train 
Links grace and harmony in happiest chain. 
— Byron. 
'T'EACEI me half the gladness 
* That thy brain must know 
Such harmonious madness 
From my lips would flow, 
The world should listen then, as I am listening now. 
—Percy Bysshe Shelly. 
