frtnra major. 
Natural Order: Apocynacece—Dogbane Family. 
HESE pretty little trailing plants are allied to the stately 
oleander, and are mostly found in the tropical or warm 
climates. One ol the species has variegated foliage, and is 
an admirable plant for covering the ground beneath hedges 
and other high-growing shrubs, giving a succession of bloom 
during the whole summer. In cool latitudes it is grown in 
pots, being readily propagated by slips. The Vinca minor is an ever¬ 
green plant of straggling growth, the procumbent stems being several 
feet in length, and threadlike, fully illustrating its Latin name, which 
comes from vincio , I bind. The Vinca major is more erect in habit, 
j E It requires much heat in winter, but does well in summer in a sunny 
p border. The Madagascar Periwinkle is a very handsome upright 
fwv species, suitable for indoor culture, and has leaves of polished preen 
^fXw / ana P ret ty white or rose-colored flowers, with a dark eye in the 
center. All the species bloom freely, and are easily cultivated. 
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F RIENDSHIP our only wealth, our last retreat and strength, 
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Secure against ill fortune and the world. 
— Rowe. 
T^EW are the hearts that have proved the truth 
Of their early affection’s vow; 
And let those few, the beloved of youth, 
Be dear in absence now. 
O, vividly in their faithful breast 
Shall the gleam of remembrance play, 
Like the lingering light of the crimson west, 
When the sunbeam hath passed away! 
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—Horace Tiviss. 
AY this into your breast; 
^ Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. 
— Webster. 
'T'HAT heait., methinks, [print W r ES, the summer of life passes quickly away, 
Were of strange mold, which kept no cherish’d * Soon the winter of age sheds its snow on the heart, 
Of earlier, happier times, when life was fresh, 
And love and innocence made holyday. 
—Hill/louse. 
But the warm sun of friendship that gilded youth’s day, 
Shall still thro’ the dark clouds a soft ray impart. 
— A. Gilds. 
