for fuel. 
(ijtliantl)US CIUUUUS. Natural Order: Compositee — Aster Family. 
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jp ITER ALLY, Helianthus, from two Greek words, helios , the 
A sun, and anthos , a flower, denotes Sunflower. The common 
variety is a native of South America, and is probably the 
largest of the species, for it towers sometimes to the height 
G fifteen teet, with a stalk as large as a man’s wrist. 
This growth depends on the character of the soil, as a 
poor soil dwarfs and diminishes its stature. The flowers are yellow, 
and are frequently the size ol a large dinner plate. The seeds are 
very rich and oily, and .are sometimes used like almonds for preparing 
soothing emulsions. In Europe a sort of bouillon is made of them for 
infants, and in Portugal they are ground into meal for bread, and are 
sometimes used in the same way by our own American Indians. They 
are also said to be used as a substitute for coflee. The oil is nearlv 
equal to olive oil, and the stems are useful as food for cattle and also 
It has been asserted that if the seeds are planted around a dwelling 
the plants act as a preventive of fevers, by absorbing the malaria. 
p>RIDE of the garden, the beauteous, the regal, 
The crown’d with a diadem burning in gold; 
Sultan ot dowers, as the strong pinioned eagle 
And lord of the forest their wide empire hold. 
'y'HERE is a region loftier far 
Than sages know or poets sing — 
Brighter than summer’s beauties are. 
And softer than the tints of spring. 
There is a world with blessings blest, 
Beyond what prophet’s e’er foretold; 
Nor might the tongue of angel guest 
A picture of that world unfold. 
TOOK past yon hills, whose crest bright sunned is 
With the last fond glance that the dead dav gives; 
Up! let the voice of thy Dr Profundis 
Thrill to those courts where no sorrow lives! 
— Barton Grey. 
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