( 23 ) 
A genus of flowering plants, mostly natives of China or North Amer¬ 
ica. Beautiful species of the rhododendron are cultivated under this 
name. Care should he taken to prevent a straggling growth, which can 
be done with proper pruning. 
In the woods a fragrance rare 
Of wild Azaleas fills the air, 
And richly tangled overhead 
We see their blossoms sweet and red. 
—Dora R. Goodale. 
Temperance, or Sobriety. 
“’Tis to thy rules, O temperance! that we owe 
All pleasures which from health and strength can flow; 
Vigor of body, purity of mind , 
Unclouded reason, sentiments refined, 
Unmixed, untainted joys, without remorse — 
Th’ intemperate sinner s never-failing curse.” 
—Mary Chandler. 
LWAYS remain strictly temperate, because temperance, as daily ex- 
J-L perience teaches, preserves health, prolongs life, gives pleasure and 
love for work, and encourages devotion; while the evil consequences of 
the opposite vice are simply horrible to contemplate. 
Intemperance, as experience also tells usi, injures health; injures the 
household, and in how many cases is it not even an injury to one’s good 
name! 
