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THE FLORAL SIFT. 
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OAK. 
Quercus sp .—Class 21, Order 8. 
Hardy and noble trees, mostly of northern climates. 
HOSPITALITY. 
’T is a little thing 
To give a cup of water ; yet its draught, 
Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, 
May give a shock of pleasure to the frame 
More exquisite than when nectarean juice 
Renews the life of joy, in happiest hours. 
It is a little thing to speak a phrase, 
Of common comfort, which by daily use 
Has almost lost its sense ; yet on the ear 
Of him who thought to die unmourn’d ’twill 
fall 
Like choicest music. 
Sheridan Knowles. 
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