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Iris sambncina. N atural Order: Iridacece—Iris Family. 
LANTS of this order are chiefly natives of the Cape of 
^Good Hope; but the above species, sambucina (elder-scented), 
Jiand some others, are natives of the southern part of Europe, 
1 and are quite common in our own gardens. There are three 
P^other varieties of the Iris which are very pretty. The first 
ffis a tall plant from the Levant, with sulphur-yellow flowers; 
the second is from China, being a small plant with striped flowers; 
and the Dwarf Iris, which is often used for the borderings of garden 
S walks, as it blooms early in spring. Orris root is manufactured from 
the root of the Iris florentina, and has a fragrance resembling violets, 
if It is used in various dentrifices, and to perfume the breath. 
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ACH mind is press’d, and open everv ear, 
To hear new tidings, though they no way joy us 
— Fairfax. 
/ T'HE rabble gather round the man of news, 
And listen with their mouths wide open: some 
Tell, some hear, some judge of news, some make it, 
And he that lies most loud is most believed. 
— Dry den. 
UET the first bringer of unwelcome news 
Hath but a losing office; and his tongue 
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, 
Remember’d knolling a departing friend. 
— Shakespeare. 
T ET me hear from thee by letters 
^ Of thy success in love; and what news else 
Betideth here, in absence of thy friend. 
— Shakespeare. 
T T E whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, 
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief 
Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; 
To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 
— Covjper. 
TRIS there, with humid bow, 
Waters the odorous banks that blow 
Flowers of more mingled hue 
Than her purpled scarf can show. 
— Milton. 
CIVE to a gracious message 
^ An host of tongues; but lei ill tidings tell 
Themselves, when they be felt. —Shakespeare. 
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