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LUPIN. —GUELDER-ROSE. 
LUPIN. 
The ancients named this plant Lupinus, from Lupus, 
a wolf, on account of its voracious nature, which is such, 
that it draws in all the nourishment of the soil to feed its 
own growth, and consequently, destroys other vegetation; 
but in doing so it forms an excellent manure for poor and 
foul lands. 
-Tristisque lupini 
Sustuleris fragiles calamos. 
VIRGIL. 
-Where stalks of lupins grew, 
Th’ ensuing season, in return, may bea T 
The bearded product of the golden year. 
DRYDEN. 
GUELDER-ROSE. 
This cold-coloured, abortive flower is made to represent 
the age which banishes gaiety and warm desire. 
The snow-ball which eclipses 
The white bosom of Venus. 
