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dead level of mere existence, and our hearts are strangers to the refined 
enjoyments which might be ours. 
“Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds 
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore 
The tone of languid nature.” 
— Cowper. 
Cherish, therefore, a love for the beautiful; for often our spirits are 
so vexed with the cares and perplexities of life, that we need something to 
raise our mind above anxiety, and cause us to forget ourselves. 
“God might have made the earth bring forth 
Enough for great and small; 
The oak tree and the cedar tree, 
Without a flower at all. 
Then wherefore, voherefore were they made. 
All decked in rainbow light, 
All fashioned with supremest grace, 
Up-springing day and night? 
To comfort man, to whisper hope, 
Whene’er his faith is dim 
For, Who so careth for the flowers 
Will much more care for him.” 
— Anon. 
Fucl^ia^. 
A genus of flowering plants, named 
in honor of Leonard Fuchs, a German 
botanist. F. coccinia is one of the most 
elegant of deciduous greenhouse shrubs; 
the young wood and leaves are tinged 
with purplish red; the blossom is pendant. There are many beautiful 
varieties. 
