Matoa SBtdCStris. Natural Order: Mcilvacece — Mallow Family. 
ALUED at all times for their emollient properties (whence 
iir the name from the Greek malasso, I make soft, through the 
mo j 
§: r > Latin malva ), the Mallows are a mucilaginous order of 
plants, allied to the hollyhock family. They are frequently 
found in rural gardens as ornaments. The above species is 
about three feet high, with purplish-red flowers, and is called 
High Mallow, to distinguish it from the Low Mallow, a prostrate 
species, the seeds of which children call cheeses. The Mallow crispa 
* s a ver y tall annual from Syria, with very large, roundish leaves, the 
•VJ borders of which are adorned with a very full, crisped or curled 
g&x . 
ruffling, and would appear to advantage as a foliage plant in the 
borders in summer. The Musk Mallow is from Great Britain, hav¬ 
ing very pretty flowers of a rose color, blooming in midsummer; the 
whole plant being pervaded by the odor from which it takes name. 
TOW far that little candle throws its beams! 
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 
— Shakespeare. 
1\ /T ORE sweet than odors caught by him who sails 
Near spicy shores of Araby the blest, 
A thousand times more exquisitely sweet, 
The freight of holy feeling which we meet 
In thoughtful moments, wafted by the gales 
From fields where good men walk, or bowers 
Wherein they rest. —Wordsworth. 
pOOD, the more 
^ Communicated, more abundant grows; 
The author not impair’d, but honor’d more. 
— Milton. 
npO be good is to be happy; angels 
A Are happier than men because they’re better 
— Rowe. 
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m 
T\ | AN should dare all things that he knows is right, 
And fear to do no act save what is wrong; 
But guided safely by his inward light, 
And with a permanent belief, and strong, 
In Him who is our Father and our Friend, 
He should walk steadfastly unto the end. 
— Phcebe Carey. 
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