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(Bthrt caronoptfolia. Natural Order: PolemoniacecE — Polemonium Family. 
BECAUSE of its finely pinnatifid foliage, nearly resembling the 
JA cypress vine, this plant used to be, and perhaps is still, in 
some localities, called Standing Cypress; but it belongs to 
^ another class of plants. It is a handsome plant, though not 
blooming until the second year. Seeds should be sown every 
’pT s P nn g the next year’s blooming, as should be done with 
all biennials, in order to have them every summer. The first year, the 
Ipomopsis rests like a tuft of finely-cut leaves close to the ground, and 
should be removed and kept in sand free from moisture and hard frost, 
or, if left in the ground, the soil must be well drained, as they are liable 
to decay with much dampness. The second year, the stalk rises and 
branches, covering itself with thread-like foliage, while its tubular flowers 
of scarlet, yellow, or rose, surround its stems for a foot or more. 
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E has jumped the brook, he has climbed the knowe, 
There ’s never a faster foot, I know, 
But still he seems to tarry. —Sidney Dobell. 
F)E not long, for in the tedious minutes, 
Exquisite interval, I’m on the rack; 
For sure the greatest evil man can know, 
Bears no proportion to this dread suspense. 
— Frowde. 
Q THAT man might know 
The end of this day’s business, ere it come! 
But it sufficeth that the day will end, 
And then the end is known. —Shakespeare. 
AH! how impatience gains upon my soul 
When the long-promis’d hour of joy draws near; 
How slow the tardy moments seem to roll, 
What specters rise of inconsistent fear. 
— Mrs. Tiff he. 
QO tedious is this day, 
As is the night before some festival 
To an impatient child that hath new robes, 
And may not wear them. —Shakespeare. 
AND there are hearts that watch and wait 
For those who toil upon the shore: 
Their welcome footstep at the gate 
Is heard — ah! nevermore! —Genrffe Cooper. 
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