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“My weakness pleads to Thee, my tears are flowing, 
And still Thou pointest to this unknown way; 
Ah! it is thus that Thou Thy love art showing, 
And so with trembling lips I humbly say, 
My God, I trust Thee! ” 
—Caroline Harris Gallagher. 
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Of the genus Dianthus. 
Among the species, varie¬ 
ties, and sub-varieties of this genus are included Carna¬ 
tions, C amelias, Japonicas, French Pinks, Sweet Williams, 
the Cardinal Flower, etc., etc. 
“The Pink can no one justly slight. 
The gardener’s favorite flower.” 
Maternal Love. 
“Through the world where’er you go. 
You find no second mother.” 
— Goethe. 
— Scherb. 
OR, 
“A mother’s love!—how sweet the name! 
What is a mother s love? 
A noble, pure, and tender flame K 
Enkindled from above.” — Montgomery. 
“A sister’s love is warm and kind, 
A brother’s strong as hand of time; 
And sweet the love of kindred mind, 
But mother, these are not like thine.” 
— Anon. 
