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friola oborata. Natural Order: Violacece—Violet Family. 
ANY and various are the Violet species, which are natives 
of all lands within the temperate zone. Some of them 
jpsOi? may be found in the fields and woods during spring 
and early summer, with their delicate little flowers hidden 
amid their clustered leaves. The Viola odorata is a Euro- 
h' ^ P pean Violet. The flowers, though small, are redolent with 
k perfume, and for this quality the plant has been styled odorata 
& (odorous), and is to be found in general cultivation abroad. An- 
k other Violet (the Viola tricolor), more frequently called Pansy, or 
k Heartsease, we are very familiar with, and through our admiration 
give it a warm place in our hearts and a cool place in our bor- 
| ders. What magnificence in color! what gorgeous velvet can sur- 
>' pass the bloom of these modest little flowers, lying so close upon 
Nature’s bosom? Says Shakespeare: 
“ Her looks do argue her replete with modesty.” 
T N the modesty of fearful duty, 
1 I read as much as from the rattling tongue 
Of saucy and audacious eloquence. —Shakespeare. 
TAEAUTIFUL are you in your lowliness: 
Bright in your hues, delicious in your scent; 
Lovely your modest blossoms, downward bent, 
As shrinking from your gaze, yet prompt to bless 
The passer-by with fragrance, and express 
How gracefully, though mutely eloquent, 
Are unobtrusive worth and meek content, 
Rejoicing in their own obscure recess. 
— Barton. 
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E saAv her charming, but he saw not half 
The charms her downcast modesty conceal’d. 
— Thompson. 
'THE violet droops its soft and bashful brow, 
But from its heart, sweet incense fills the air: 
So rich within — so pure without — art thou, 
With modest mien and soul of virtue rare. 
— Mrs. Osgood. 
j\ j ODESTY ’S the charm 
That coldest hearts can quickest warm; 
Which all our best affections gains, 
And, gaining, ever still retains. 
— Paulding. 
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