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THE FLOKAL GIFT. 
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DRAGON PLANT. 
Arum Dracontium ,—Class 21, Order 7. 
A grotesque blossom, with a long pointed body protruding 
from its centre, liite a serpent's Longue.—N. Am erica. 
A SNARE. 
Pray thee maiden, hear him not! 
Take thou warning by my lot; 
Read my scroll, and mark thou all 
I can tell thee of thy thrall. 
Thou hast owned thy youthful breast, 
Treasures its most dangerous guest; 
Thou hast owned that love is there ; 
Though no features he may wear, 
Such, as would a saint deceive, 
Win a skeptic to believe,— 
Only for a time that brow, 
Will seem what ’tis seeming now. 
L. E. Landon. 
