fil)OlJobmtiron llUU'UUUin. Natural Order: Ericacece — Heath Family. 
\ NATIVE tree from ten to fifteen feet high, the Rosebay is 
found principally in the Middle States. The leaves are thick 
^ffand leathery when mature, and are about five or six inches 
in length. The flowers, which appear in July and August, 
are rose-color, frequently dotted with purple or yellow, and 
lyfsappear in fine contrast to the evergreen foliage. The whole 
!|%genus delights in shady woodlands and cool swamps; indeed, their 
geographical range is almost wholly confined to such localities or to 
||pvthe summits of the highest mountains of Europe, Asia and America. 
rStfSome of the foreign varieties are found in greenhouses, and are admired 
"''li|||jifor their brilliancy and diversity of color. The yellow variety is from 
Y Siberia and the Caucasus mountains, where it grows in low bushes. 
talking. 
T)E silent always when you doubt your sense, 
And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence. 
— Pope. 
TTNLESS thou find occasion, hold thy tongue 'll THAT need there is to be reserved in speech, 
^ Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. ' * And temper all our thoughts with charity. 
— Sir jf. Denham. — Wordsvjorth. 
T T IS air, his voice, his looks, and honest soul, 
A A Speak all so movingly in his behalf, 
I dare not trust myself to hear him talk. 
— Addison. 
OHE spake in language whose strange melody 
Might not belong to earth. I heard, alone, 
What made its music more melodious be — 
The pity and the love of every tone. 
-Shelly. 
MY tongue will tell the anger of my heart; 
Or else my heart, concealing it, will break: 
And, rather than it shall, I will be free, 
Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. 
—Shakespea re. 
AS I listened to thee, 
^ The happy hours pass’d by us unperceived, 
So was my soul fixed to the soft enchantment. 
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