THE FLORAL GIFT 
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HAWTHORN. 
Crataegus Oxycomtha ,—Class 12, Order 1. 
Stout, spiny shrubs, with heads of elegant white or rosy, 
blossoms, sometimes double.—-England. 
HOPE. 
Hope on! 
Even when thy heaven is clouded, 
Seest thou not, 
Where the dark night is shrouded, 
Stars peep out ?— 
Though they are hidden, still they shine— 
Soon shalt thou see their light divine. 
Hope on— 
Often the dark shadow falleth 
Over thy soul!— 
O’er thee the cloud that appalleth— 
Often doth roll:— 
Yet but remember, light must be, 
Else were the shadow unseen by thee ! 
Duganne. 
