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SctltHa omcinalis. Natural Order: Labiatce—Mint Family. 
UkAGE is an humble denizen of the kitchen-garden, never making 
its appearance on the lawn among the gay and brilliant com¬ 
panions that we find it associated with in the botany, but con¬ 
tent to be surrounded by the less obtrusive though more useful 
pa, plants — the crisp lettuces, the peas, the beans, and numerous 
others that garnish our tables during the summer months. In 
order to be well grown it requires a mellow soil, when it becomes 
a pleasing object to the eye, its peculiar green distinguishing it from 
other plants, even at a distance; and behold, what a pretty leaf! so 
rugous or wrinkly that if transparent it would be like the meshes of 
fine lace. The flowers are purple, blooming in spikes. Its Latin 
name, is derived from salvo , I save, as it possesses valuable medical 
properties, being classed in botanical works as a tonic and expectorant. 
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ND oh, the atmosphere of home! how bright 
It floats around us when we sit together 
Under a bower of vine in summer weather, 
Or round the hearthstone on a winter night. 
ATO single virtue could we most commend, 
' Whether the wife, the mother or the friend; 
For she was each in that supreme degree, 
That as no one prevail’d, so all was she. 
— Dry den. 
— Park Benjamin. 
QEEK to be good, but aim not to be great; 
v “' A woman’s noblest station is retreat; 
Her fairest virtues fly from public sight; 
Domestic worth — that shuns too strong a light. 
—Lord Lyttleton. 
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HE sum of all that makes a just man happy, 
Consists in the well choosing of his wife. —Massinger. 
ALL day, like some sweet bird, content to sing 
1 *- In its small cage, she moveth to and fro — 
And ever and anon will upward spring 
To her sweet lips, fresh from the fount below, 
The murmur’d melody of pleasant thought. 
— Mrs. E. Oakes Smith. 
TAOMESTIC happiness! thou only bliss 
^ J Of Paradise that has surviv’d the fall! 
Though few now taste thee unimpair’d and free, 
Or, tasting, long enjoy thee; too infirm, 
Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets 
Unmix’d with drops of bitter. —Covjfer. 
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