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Zinnia. 
A splendid plant, with flowers large, double, 
and somewhat resembling the Dahlia.* 
Thoughts of Absent Friends. 
°|^ EMEMBEE me,” a poet says, 
“Bemember me, your friend; but not 
In Flora’s gay and blooming hour, 
When every brake hath found its note, 
And sunshine smiles in every flower; 
But when the falling leaf is sere, 
And withers sadly from the tree. 
And o’er the ruins of the year 
Cold autumn weeps ,—remember me , 
Your absent friend !” 
*See “Floral Apostles,’’ pages 69 and 70. 
