(Ulipt'ipciUtim pubcSCCUS. Natural Order: Orchidacccc—Orchis Family. 
OST of these plants delight in damp, marshy ground, revel¬ 
ing beside brooks, bending over springs, hiding in the 
^borders of woods, and sporting on the boundless 
prairie; dancing to the music of the wind or the rippling 
§p§lE|b water with as much grace and ease as Terpsichore herself. 
>, g ome 0 f the blossoms of the species found in the western 
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8 ' woods are very large, especially the above variety, which will 
hold at least two tablespoonfuls of fluid, and is of a bright yellow 
in color, with dark spots within the aperture. The shape is sim¬ 
ilar to the blossoms of the Calceolarias of the greenhouse — that 
is, like a pouch or bag. 
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'T'HEY know how fickle common lovers are, 
Their oaths and vows are cautiously believed, 
For few there are but have been once deceived. 
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— Dryden. 
TIKE conquering tyrants you our breasts invade, 
‘ 1 Where you are pleased to ravage for a while: 
But soon you find new conquests out, and leave 
The ravag’d province ruinate and bare. 
— Otway. 
INCONSTANT as the passing wind, 
-*• As winter’s dreary frost unkind; 
To fix her, ’twere a task as vain 
To count the April drops of rain. 
— Smollett. 
TY EPROVE me not that still I change 
With every changing hour, 
For glorious nature gives me leave 
In wave, and cloud, and flower. 
Yon soft, light, cloud, at morning hour, 
Looked dark and full of tears: 
At noon it seemed a rosy flower — 
Now gorgeous gold appears. 
So yield I to the deepening light 
That dawns around my way; 
Because you linger with the night. 
Shall I my noon delay. 
—Frances S. Osgood. 
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E vary from ourselves each day in mind, 
Nor know we in ourselves, ourselves to find. 
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-Heath. 
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