(ffleinatis Dirgiuiciuct. Natural Order: Ranunculacece—Crowfoot Family. 
HERE are many species of the Clematis or Virgin’s Bower, 
the most of which are grown as coverings to arbors ancl trel¬ 
lises. The name comes from the Greek word klema , signi¬ 
fying a vine or climbing plant. Loudon calls Clematis vitalba, 
very common in England and France, with its white flowers 
blooming in August, the Traveler’s Joy. Our native species 
are found wild in the Southern States, clambering over fences and 
bushes in the most unrestrained manner. Many of them would do 
admirably well if transplanted to the garden, where they would adorn 
some otherwise neglected nook. There are several adapted for 
greenhouse culture, nearly all of them being from warm or tropical 
climates. The flowers of the varied kinds are white, yellow and 
purple. They are all worthy of attention. 
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'T'HOSE tones of dear delight, 
1 The morning welcome, and the sweet good night! 
/AH! sweet are the tones of affection sincere, 
When they come from the depth of the heart; 
And sweet are the words that banish each care, 
And bid sorrow forever depart! 
J^HERE is in life no blessing like affection; 
It soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues, 
And bringeth down to earth its native heaven: 
Life has naught else that may supply its place. 
—Miss L. E. London. 
— Charles Sprague. 
5 'T' WERE sweet to kiss thy tears away, 
A If tears those eyes must know; 
But sweeter still to hear thee say, 
Thou never hadst them flow. 
— Buhner. 
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WAS the earliest link in love’s warm chain — Some friend still trusted drops away, 
’Tis the only one that will long remain: 
And as year by year, and day by day, 
Mother! dear mother! oh! dost thou see 
How the shortened chain brings me nearer thee? 
— Willis. 
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