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THE FLORAL GIFT. 
GOLDEN ROD. 
Solidago Speciosa ,—Class 19, Order 2. 
A-wild flower, found throughout the United States; 
blossoms, bright yellow. 
ENCOURAGEMENT. 
As the tears of the even, 
Illumined at day, 
By the sweet light of heaven, 
Seem gems on each spray; 
So gladness to-morrow. 
Shall shine on thy brow, 
The more bright for the sorrow 
That darkens it now. 
Yet, if fortune, believe me, 
Have evil in store, 
Though each other deceive thee, 
I’ll love thee the more. 
As ivy leaves cluster 
. More greenly and fair, * 
When winter winds bluster 
Round trees that are bare. 
William Liggett, 
