52 THE FLORAL GIFT. 
GILLIFLO WER. 
Mathiola Incana ,—Class 15, Order 1. 
Fragrant flowers of various colors, greatly improved by 
cultivation.--England. 
bonds of AFFCTI 0 N. 
What I most prize in woman 
Is her affection —not her intellect. 
Compare me with the great men of the earth, 
What am I ? Why, a pigmy among giants! 
But if thou lovest—mark me, I say lovest— 
The greatest of thy sex excels thee not! 
The world of affection is Thy world, 
Not that of man’s ambition. In that stillness 
Which most becomes a woman—calm and 
holy— 
Love sitteth by the fireside of the heart 
Feeding its flame. The element of fire 
Is pure, it cannot change its nature, 
But burns as brightly in a gipsy camp 
As in a palace hall. 
Longfellow. 
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