AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 
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DO ME JUSTICE. 
CHESTNUT-TREE. 
Thanks to Benevolus—he spares me yet 
These chestnuts ranged in corresponding lines. 
Cowper. 
Chestnuts are enclosed two, three, or four, in one husk or 
shell, covered with prickles. Those who are unacquainted 
with this beautiful tree neglect its fruit in consequence of its 
rough appearance. 
Within the oyster’s shell uncouth, 
The purest pearl may bide; — 
Trust me — you ’ll find a heart of truth 
Beneath that rough outside ! 
f. s. o. 
She saw Othello’s visage in his mind. 
Shakspeare. 
DURABILITY. 
CORNELIAN CHERRY-TREE. 
A huntress issuing from the wood, 
Reclining on her cornel-spear she stood. 
Dryden. 
The cornel-tree does not grow higher than eighteen or twen¬ 
ty feet. It lives for ages, but grows very slowly; it blooms in 
the spring, and yields its crimson berries in the winter. They 
