POETRY OR FLOWERS. 
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STRAWBERRY. 
PERFECT EXCELLENCE. 
Untouched by mortal passion, 
Thou seem’st of heavenly birth, 
Pure as the effluence of a star 
Just reached our distant earth. 
SUNFLOWER, DWARF. 
Helianthus Indicus . , Class 19; Order 3. 
Indigenous to America, except two species in India and 
Egypt, 
ADORATION.-FALSE RICHES. 
The rose needs not the summer light, 
The bird needs not the sheltering tree, 
So much as I, in sorrow’s night, 
Need smiles from thee. 
Oh, never let thine eye grow cold, 
Thy cherished voice grow rude to me; 
But let thy lip, as oft of old, 
Still smile on me. 
