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TH E FLORAL GIFT. 
WALL FLOWER. 
Cheiranthus Cheri ,—Class 15, Order 1. 
A fragrant orange-colored flower, from the South of Europe. 
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FIDELITY OF MISS FORTUNE. 
The birds, when winter shades the sky, I 
Fly o’er the seas away, 
Where laughing isles in sunshine lie, 
And summer breezes play. 
And thus the friends, that flutter near 
While fortune’s sun is warm, 
Are startled if a cloud appear, 
And fly before the storm. 
But when from winter’s howling pains, 
Each other warbler’s past. 
The little snow-bird still remains 
And chirrups ’mid the blast. 
Love , like that bird, when friendship’s throng 
With fortune’s sun depart, 
Still lingers with its cheerful song, 
And nestles on the heart. 
William Legget. 
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