iiobinia pscuftflCflCtCl. Natural Order: Legunrinosce—Pulse Family. 
OBINIA, the botanical name of the Locust, is derived from the 
Latinized surname of John Robin, an eminent botanist enjoying 
the patronage of Louis XIV., and was bestowed in honor of his 
memory; and pseudacacia denotes false acacia. There are no 
extensive forests of this tree on the American continent, but 
it is found mixed with other trees in various localities. It is 
much planted for groves and shade trees around rural residences. The 
foliage, though small, is beautiful, and during the spring an abundance 
of fragrant blossoms burden the air with their perfume. The wood is 
sometimes used in the mechanical arts, being hard, close grained and 
durable. 
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UCH is life: all fair today, dark tomorrow, dull and gray; 
Changing ever, like the moon, or the fleecy clouds of June. 
—/. II. Clinch. 
qpHUS doth the ever-changing course of things 
-*■ Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; 
And that same day that highest glory brings, 
Brings us unto the point of back-returning. 
— Daniel. 
TYRE mirth can well her comedy begin, 
' The tragic demon oft comes thundering in, 
Confounds the actors, damps the merry show, 
And turns the loudest laugh to deepest woe. 
— Wilson. 
jT\H! life is a waste of wearisome hours, 
^ Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; 
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, 
Is always the first to be touch’d by the thorn. 
— Moore. 
TS there no constancy in earthly things? 
No happiness in us but what must alter? 
No life, without the heavy load of fortune? 
What miseries we are, and to ourselves! 
Ev’n then when full content seems to sit us, 
What daily sores and sorrows. 
— Beaumont and Fletcher. 
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HE pang that wrings the heart today, 
Time’s touch will heal tomorrow. 
—Mrs. Filet. 
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