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Dibur num rosi'ltm. Natural Order: Caprifoliacece — Honeysuckle Family. 
HIS shrub is a native of Europe, and attracts general atten- 
7 tion in early spring, when it crowns itself with bloom. The 
flowers make their appearance at first in small, greenish 
masses, and are utterly devoid of beauty; but a few days of 
warm sunlight bleaches them to a creamy white, by which 
time, the balls have expanded to their utmost, bringing full 
assurance that the loitering days of summer are at hand. The 
Viburnum assumes a rather straggling shape if left entirely to itself, 
but with a little attention and pruning can be trained into a well¬ 
shaped bush for a single specimen, or, where the luxury of space 
will allow, it may be planted in groups to adorn the lawn, where it 
? harmonizes well with the delicate and simple tints of the lilac and 
other spring flowers. In England it is called the Guelder Rose. The 
significance 
appellative. 
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i u Tywey significance of its botanical name is uncertain, but it is the old Latin 
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HTHE torch you turn to earth still upward lifts its flame: 
* And so the soul looks up, though turned to earth in shame. 
TTER thoughts were holy, saint-like, 
A A Ever pointing to her God; 
And sweetest orisons were uttered 
By the lips beneath the sod. 
— Wtn. W. Story. 
So that queenly “ Snowball ” blooming, 
Was of her an emblem given; 
For its flower language whispers — 
“My thoughts are all of heaven.” 
— Lucy M. Sanford. 
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EAVEN darkly works; yet where the seed hath been, 
There shall the fruitage, glowing, yet be seen. 
— Hema->is. 
Y thoughts are not in this hour 
Unworthy what I see, though mv dust is; 
Spirit! let me expire, or see them nearer! 
— Byron. 
I 7ACH individual seeks a separate goal; 
But heav’n’s great view is one, and that the whole; 
That counterworks each folly and caprice; 
That disappoints th’ effects of ev’ry vice. —Pope. 
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