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Natural Order: Saxifragacece — Saxifrage Family. 
ROM the circumstance that much water is demanded for its 
sustenance, this plant has been called Hydrangea, from the 
^Greek udor, water, and ciggos , a pail. It was called Hortensia 
by the French botanist, Commerson, in honor of his friend, 
Madame Hortense Lapeaute. This species is supposed to be 
T^a native of China. Its stem is from one to three feet high, 
having large, oval leaves. The flowers, which continue in 
bloom for several months, are at first green, passing through the 
various hues of straw-color, sulphur, yellow, white, purple, and pink. 
^They are said to bloom best in a rather shady location, as they 
become blasted or scorched by the extreme heat of the sun. 
ansting* 
'T'AKE up no more than you by worth can claim; 
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Lest soon you prove a bankrupt in your fame. 
— Tonur. 
QO spake the apostate angel, though in pain TTTE rise * n lfi or y> as we * n P''ide; 
^ Vaunting aloud, but rack’d with deep despair. vv Where boasting ends, there dignity begi 
— Milton. 
L'ONCEIT, more rich in matter than in words, 
^ Brags of his substance, not of ornament: 
They are but beggars that can count their worth. 
— Shakespeare. 
begins. 
— Young. 
'T'HIS self-conceit is a most dangerous shelf, 
A Where many have made shipwreck unawares; 
He who doth trust too much unto himself, 
Can never fail to fall in many snares. 
—Earl of Sterliue. 
TV RAWN by conceit from reason’s plan, 
How vain is that poor creature, man! 
How pleas’d in ev’ry paltry elf 
To prate about that thing, himself. 
— Churchill. 
TTTIIAT art thou? Have not I 
' * An arm as big as thine? a heart as big? 
Thy words, I grant, are bigger; for I wear not 
My dagger in my mouth. —Shakespeare. 
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