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THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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BACHELOR’S BUTTON. 
Oomphrena Olobosa .—Class 5, Order 2. 
Highly ornamental garden plants, with crimson, white.and 
striped red and white flowers ; native of the East Indies. 
HOPE AND LOVE. 
Whate’er. the grief that dims my eye, 
Whate’er the cause of sorrow, 
We turn us weeping to the sky, 
And say, “ we’ll smile to-morrow.” 
And when from those we love we part, 
From hope, we comfort borrow, 
And whisper to our aching heart, 
‘‘We’ll meet again to-morrow.” 
But when to-morrow comes, ’tis still 
An image of to-day, 
Still tears our heavy eyelids fill, 
Still mourn we those away. 
And when that morrow too is past, 
(A yesterday of sorrow;) 
Hope, smiling, cheats us to the last, 
With visions of to-morrow. 
X. 
Caroline Norton. 
