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Arinin (DlmniUT. Na tural Order: Afiocynacece — Dogbane Family. 
burning rays of a midday sun when in bloom. 
are natives of the Levant and some parts of Palestine, growing ne 
streams in those localities, but are quite common in house cultivation 
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"ET no man know thy business save some friend, 
■ Lj/ A man of mind. 
T F light wrongs touch me not, 
No more shall great; if not a few, not many; 
There ’s naught so sacred with us but may find 
A sacrilegious person; yet the thing is 
No less divine ’cause the profane can reach it. 
— Jonson. 
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T TNCERTAIN ways unsafest are, 
^ And doubt a greater mischief than despair. 
— Sir y. Denham. 
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HEN fly betimes, for only they 
Conquer love, that run away. 
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A sober moderation stands sure 
-Carevj. 
VALIANT man 
HOSE edges soonest turn that are most keen, \ 
1 Ought not to undergo or tempt a danger, 
But worthily, and by selected ways. 
— Ben Joiison. 
No violent extremes endure. 
-Aleyn. 
"LTEAT not a furnace for your foe so hot 
That it doth singe yourself. —Shakespeare. 
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‘ ROWING erect and branching regularly, this tall evergreen 
shrub keeps a good shape with very little attention. The 
most common species have rose-colored, single or double 
flowers, while some of the others are red, striped, crimson 
and white, and one pure white, partly double. The flowers 
of the latter are apt to scorch if too much exposed to the 
All of these varieties 
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WSn'i 11 ^ mer ^ ca ’ being placed out of doors in summer. In Florida it is 
found in swampy lands, attaining the size of a tree. The Oleander 
belongs to a very poisonous family, and no part should be placed in 
the mouth, as instances of occasional fatality are on record. 
— Bailey. 
TTEWARE of desperate steps; the darkest day, 
Live till tomorrow, will have passed away. 
— Cowper. 
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