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THE FLORAL GIFT. 
MIMOSA. 
Mimosa Pudica, —Class 23, Order 1. 
A very tender annual, whose leaves shrink at the slightest 
touch. —Brazil. 
SENSITIVENESS. 
■ She dwells in her ideal dreams, 
A spirit pure and high ; 
And paradise is caught in gleams, 
From her uplifted eye ! 
She sees in every plant a sign, 
That points to things above ; 
Of earth, yet more than half divine 
’T were Heaven to win her love. 
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