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C)CSpiTtS matronalis. Natural Order: Cruciferce—Mustard Family. 
ESPERIS has three species: one a native of the United States 
jk and found growing near Lake Huron, another from the cold 
latitude of Siberia, and a third a maritime herb found on the 
sea coast. The flowers are the various shades of purple or 
white. The odor of the blossom is much the strongest 
toward evening; hence the name Hesfieris, being Greek for 
evening. This spicy fragrance has been the cause of its being some- 
times called gilliflower with which it is closely allied. The double 
varieties are produced by hybridizing, but yield no seeds themselves, 
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^ fertile seeds being obtained from the single flower. The seeds should 
be sown in the early fall, and the plants kept in a place free from 
frost for spring blooming. Choice specimens may be kept from year 
to year by pruning and clipping the flowers as soon as they have per- 
The maritime variety is a smooth, thick, juicy, trailing plant, called Sea- 
ished. 
Rocket. 
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TTTAS not one of the two at her side — 
This new-made lord, whose splendor plucks 
The slavish hat from the villager’s head? 
— Tennyson. 
r\F all the torments, all the cares, 
^ With which our lives are curst; 
Of all the plagues a lover hears, 
Sure, rivals are the worst! 
By partners in each other kind, 
Afflictions easier grow; 
In love alone we hate to find 
Companions of our woe. 
Sylvia, for all the pangs you see 
Are lab’ring in my breast, 
I beg you would not favor me 
Would you but slight the rest! 
How great soe’er your rigors are, 
With them alone I’ll cope; 
I can endure my own despair 
But not another’s hope. 
— William Walsh. 
IF one must be rejected, one succeed, 
Make him my lord within whose faithful breast 
Is fix’d my image, and who loves me best. — Dryden. 
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