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<£ccoma rnbicans. Nat ural Order: Bignoniacece — Bignonia Family 
CARCELY anyone who has resided or traveled in the South¬ 
ern States during midsummer could fail to observe the flowers 
of this handsome and vigorous creeper. Its brilliant scarlet 
blossoms project their large trumpets from every hedge and 
bramble where the luxuriant vine has spread itself. In wood¬ 
in' lands, particularly near water-courses, it may be seen decorat¬ 
ing the stalwart trunks of upright trees, where it has extended its 
climbing branches from seventy to eighty feet, and where its super- 
A abundant growth trails from every branch, and the flowers glow 
like coals of fire in the midst of the surrounding leafage. It is an 
admirable permanent climber for outside walls, or for covering trees 
that have died, where shade is needed. There are some two or three 
fine plants from the Cape of Good Hope and China, suitable for the 
greenhouse, and four or five adapted for the hothouse, all having pink 
and white flowers, which are said to be very desirable. 
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TITII fame, in just proportion, envy grows; 
The man that makes a character, makes foes. 
— Young. 
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TTTHAT so foolish as the chase of fame? 
' V How vain the prize! how impotent our aim! 
JTTH echoing feet he threaded 
The secret walks of fame: 
The viewless arrows of his thoughts were headed For what are men who grasp at praise sublime, 
But bubbles on the rapid stream of time? 
— Young. 
And winged with flame. 
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— Tennyson. 
TNBLEMISH’D let me live, or die unknown — 
' Oh! grant me honest fame , or grant me none! 
-Pope. 
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'T'HE fame that man wins himself is best; Which are soon ta’en off; for in the warmth 
1 That he may call his own: honors put on him The heat comes from the body, not the weeds; 
Make him no more a man than his clothes do, So man’s true fame must strike from his own 
deeds. —Middleton. 
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