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<§)W6imjb FV]a^nolia. 
A tree having large fragrant flowers , found in the southern part of 
the United States.— Magnolia-Grandiflora. 
It is named after Pierre Magnet, professor of Botany at Montpellier, 
who lived from 1638 to 1115. 
“Majestic Flower! How truly beautiful 
Thou art, as arising from thy bower of green, 
Those dark and glossy leaves so thick and full, 
Thou standest like a high-born forest Queen 
Among thy maidens clustering round so fair;— 
I love to watch thy sculptured form unfolding, 
And look into thy depths, to image there 
A fairy cavern, and while thus beholding, 
And while the breeze floats o’er thee, Matchless Flower! 
I breathe the perfume, delicate and strong, 
That comes like incense from thy petal-bower; 
My fancy roams those Southern woods along, 
Beneath that glorious tree, where deep among 
The unsunned leaves thy large white flower-cups hung!” 
-— C. P. Cranch. 
Perseverance. 
M E have but to glance at the biographies of great men to find that the 
most distinguished inventors, artists, thinkers, and workers of all 
kinds, owe their success, in a great measure, to their indefatigable industry 
and application. They were men who turned all things to good—even 
fleeting, fickle time itself. 
Men who have most moved the world have not been so much men of 
genius, strictly so called, as men of intent mediocre abilities, and untiring 
perseverance; not so often the gifted, of naturally bright and shining qual- 
