AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 
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DIGNITY. 
CLOVE GtLLY FLOWER. 
The aromatic clove came originally from the Molucca islands; 
the inhabitants of those islands wear its flowers as a mark of 
distinction. They say that a chief has two, three, or four 
cloves, as we say of a distinguished nobleman, that he has 
many titles, or possesses several honours. 
True majesty’s the very soul of kings; 
And rectitude’s the soul of majesty. 
Young. 
DIGNITY IN MISFORTUNE. 
ROSEB AY. 
The Rhododendron maximum, which is reared with care 
and difficulty as an ornament of European gardens and pleas¬ 
ure-grounds, can be seen in perfection nowhere but in the 
uncultivated recesses of our own continent. Near the sum¬ 
mits of mountains, on the banks of torrents and deep ravines, 
from which rivers take their rise, where the deep shade, moist 
soil, and dashing water, preserve the atmosphere in a state of 
perpetual humidity, these shrubs, in luxuriant size and vigour, 
are seen to cover tracts of great extent, at one season present¬ 
ing an unbroken landscape of gorgeous flowers, and at another 
with their evergreen foliage forming an impenetrable shelter 
for the wild animals of the forest. 
