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JJIjascolus multtttonts. Natural Order: Leguminoscc — Pulse Family. 
NE of the plants that have been utilized by man for food, the 
Phaseolus, is familiar to all under the name of Bean. Some 
few are indigenous to the soil, but most of those grown, either 
for food or ornament, are from foreign lands. The Phaseolus 
vulgaris, that is so much grown for its edible pods, is from 
the East Indies, as are also the short Bush and Lima Beans, 
all three of which produce white flowers. The Phaseolus multiflorus, 
sn or Scarlet Runner, is an annual from South America. The blossoms 
are a brilliant scarlet, in which there is a slight dash of orange. There 
is also a variety with white and lilac flowers. The Hyacinth Bean is 
C another handsome bloomer, and, with the two previously mentioned, is 
cultivated as an ornamental climber for screens, trellises and arbors. 
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T'HE means that heaven yields must be embraced, 
And not neglected; else, if heaven would, 
And we will not, heaven’s offer we refuse, 
The proffer’d means of succor and redress. —Shakespeare. 
T FIND my zenith doth depend upon 
A A most suspicious star; whose influence 
If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes 
Will ever after droop. —Shakespeare. 
ISS not occasion; by the forelock take 
That subtle power, the never-halting time, 
Lest a mere moment’s putting off should make 
Mischance almost as heavy as a crime. 
- Wordsvjorth. 
r T'HE golden opportunity 
Is never offer’d twice; seize then the hour 
When fortune smiles, and duty points the way. 
—Old Play. 
'T'HE old Scythians [wings, 
A Painted blind Fortune’s powerful hands with 
T\CCASION, set on wing, flies fast away, 
^ Whose back once turned, no holdfast can we find; 
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To show her gifts come swift and suddenly, 
Which, if her fav’rite be not swift to take, 
He loses them forever. 
Her feet are swift, bald is her head behind; 
Whoso hath hold, and after lets her go, 
—Chapman. Does lose the lot which fortune did bestow. 
—Mirror Jor Magistrates. 
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