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14 THE FLORAL GIFT. 
AMERICAN STAR WORT. 
Stellana sp .—Class 10, Order 3. 
A delicate plant, with wbite starry 'blossoms. 
WELCOME TO A STRANGER. 
Lady, thou cam’st from a stranger land, 
And little of thee I know ; 
Yet thou art joined to the fading band 
Of travellers here below. 
And thou art of woman’’s form and mien, 
Hast a woman's heart within ; 
And, by thine eye and thy brow, I ween 
Her sorrows with thee have been. 
Thy Father is mine, and mine is thine'; 
We both are His equal care ; 
His goodness, and love, and blessings benign 
We each as his children share. 
In sympathy, then, I give thee a hand 
And greet thee as thus we go, 
And pledge a renewal in that bright land 
Where pleasures perenial glow. 
Mrs. Jane E. Locke. 
X. 
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