JJIjlOT subulctia. Natural Order: Polemoniacece—Polemonium Family. 
T is said that Drummond, an eminent botanist and collector 
of flowers, on seeing some of the above in blossom, smiling 
among the barren pine-lands in New Jersey, exclaimed, “the 
beauty of that alone is worth coming to America to see; it 
is so splendid!” and truly they are beautiful. The Phlox is 
found on rocky hills, from New Jersey west to Kentucky 
and south to Georgia, usually growing in clusters, and blooming in 
May. The flower is either pink or white, with a dark spot in the 
center. The most handsome garden Phloxes are those called Phlox 
Drummondii, named after the above botanist, and probably derived 
from our native variety. The blossoms, arraying themselves in almost 
"every concievable tint of the various colors, are charming to the eye. 
The Greek word -phlox denotes flame. 
Unanimity 
'T'HOU wast my nurse in sickness, and my comforter in health, 
■*- So gentle and so constant, when our love was all our wealth. 
—Albert Pike. 
/"ill! we will walk this world, 
Yok’d in all exercise of noble aim, 
And so through those dark gates across the wild 
That no man knows. 
— Tennyson. 
r T'HERE are two hearts whose movements thrill 
* In unison so closely sweet, 
That pulse to pulse, responsive still, 
They both must heave — or cease to beat. 
— Barton. 
TT APTUROUS moment of full-fruited gleaning! 
• Rapturous blending of spirit with kin! 
One in the heavens but knoweth the meaning 
Of tenderest mystery hidden within 
This meeting of waters, this harvested sheen. 
— Mary B. Dodge. 
T T OW gladly, then, the days would glide, 
A 1 How faultlessly the nights would follow, 
With cadences of many a tide 
In many a cavern cool and hollow! 
What peace our sheltered lives would hold, 
What rest our placid hearts discover, 
While wind, and bird, and sea-wave told 
The joys of lover and of lover! 
— Edgar Favjcett. 
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