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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
Were tliine eye sealed to those sweet lessons, taught 
In the dim oracles of leaf and tree, 
I had not made them messengers of thought, 
Dear friend, to thee. 
But take them now, for they will talk to thee 
In the sweet accents of poetic lore 
Heed their soft pleadings—kindly “ thinlc of me ”— 
I ask no more. 
JASMINE, WHITE* 
(Amiability.) 
Thine is that excelling virtue 
The pure-hearted only know ; 
Thine that unassuming goodness 
Which in silent deeds doth flow. 
Thou dost make the poor and needy 
In thy presence to rejoice; 
All the bowed and broken-hearted 
Love thy peace-inspiring voice. 
lng. 
An Asiatic genus. Flowers white and very fragrant. Plant climb- 
