£atl)m*liS oboVCttUS. Natural Order: Leguminoscc—Pulse Family. 
=^ATHYRUS ODORATUS, or Sweet Pea, is one of the 
■favorites of olden times, that lias been crowded out by more 
recent novelties; but as fashions rotate, old things return to us 
£as new; so now we hope these really-beautiful flowers will 
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again come to the front, and press their claims upon 
all 
flower-loving people. They are most excellent for screens 
or arbors (whence the botanical name, from the Greek lathon , lying 
hid), many of them growing to the height of six feet; and although not 
producing as much leafage as the morning glory, they fully make up 
Wfor the remissness by the abundance and fragrance of their blossoms. 
They are mostly from tropical climates, being natives of Ceylon, Sicily, 
and Barbary. In color they are white, purple, blue, nearly black, and 
variegated; and are most easy of cultivation, 
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^ TAUT why do you go?” said the lady, while both sate under the yew; 
And her eyes were alive in their depth, as the kraken beneath the sea-blue. 
“Because I fear you,” he answered; “because you are far too fair, 
And able to strangle my soul in a mesh of your gold-colored hair.” —Mrs. Browning. 
0 0, closing his heart, the judge rode on, 
^ And Maud was left in the field alone. 
— Whittier. 
QING on! we sing in the glorious weather 
^ Till one steps over the tiny strand, 
So narrow, in sooth, that still together 
On either brink we go hand in hand. 
The beck grows wider, the hands must sever, 
On either margin, our songs all done, 
We move apart, while she singeth ever, 
Taking the course of the stooping sun. 
He prays, “Come over” — I may not follow; 
I cry, “Return!” but he cannot come; 
We speak, we laugh, but with voices hollow; 
Our hands are hanging, our hearts are numb. 
— yean Inge low. 
TTERE are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight — 
* With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, 
And taper fingers catching at all things, 
To bind them all about with tiny rings. 
— 5 'ohn Keats. 
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