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THE SWEET BAY. 
Botanical Name, Laurus nobilis. —Class, Enneandria. 
—Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, yellow .—Native place, 
Italy. 
Sentiment. 
I CHANGE BUT IN DYING. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The Bay tree is an evergreen, the leaves 
never losing their verdure but in dying; 
consequently, it furnishes a fit emblem of 
unchanging affection. 
