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“The air is full of farewells to the dying, 
And mournings for the Dead.” 
Again, we should often commend to God, by every means which 
Keligion suggests and supplies, the souls of those departed ones, that are 
still undergoing their purification before admission into the thrice Holy 
Presence, where nothing defiled can enter! This act of true and tender 
charity, while reminding us of the unutterable Sanctity of God, will con¬ 
tinually waken in us a sense of that duty to our own souls, which consists 
in prudently and effectually providing for them in time. 
.“Oh! remember 
To pray for the dead; ‘tis a wholesome thought!” 
By penance and prayer their ransom is bought ; 
Oh, Jesus! in pity release! 
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Oh, pray! for Tis the fond desire 
Of suffering souls who suppliant wait 
’Till for them is opened Heaven’s gate, 
And from pain comes a glad surcease.” 
— Anon. 
"Hi]© ©e^onia, Tuberous 
The tuberous-rooted Begonia, is now 
quite a popular flower. Its bulbs are of singu¬ 
lar appearance, and produce fine plants that 
will flower profusely until the frost, and seem 
to bear either sun or shade. 
Some of the varieties bear very large 
drooping flowers, while others have smaller 
blossoms in erect spikes. The stems of the 
large foliage variety are very much distorted. 
