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JANUARY. 
LAUREL (Laurus nobilis). Glory. 
“ Yield me one leaf of Daphne’s deathless plant.” 
Byron. 
he laurel or bay tree lias been 
the symbol of glory and vic¬ 
tory in every age and among 
every people. The lovely 
Daphne, daughter of the river 
Peneus, was loved by Apollo ; 
but she fled from his proffered 
caresses. He pursued her, and 
as he besan to sain on her, she invoked her father s 
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aid, and was changed into the laurel. Apollo crowned 
his head with the leaves, and ordered that it should 
be esteemed sacred to him. It grows in great 
profusion on the banks of the Peneus, and its aromatic 
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