CAROLINA JASMINE. 
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CAROLINA JASMINE. 
SEPARATION. 
How many exquisite harmonies arise on every 
side of us from the association of plants with 
animals! The butterfly embellishes the rose, 
the song of birds enliven the groves, the bee 
confers a new charm on the flower about which 
it buzzes, and from which it extracts its sweets. 
Thus, throughout all Nature, the insect is 
adapted to the flower, the bird to the tree, the 
quadruped to the plant. Man alone is capable 
of discovering these connexions, and he alone 
has the power of breaking that chain of con¬ 
sonance and love by which all things in the 
world are bound together. If with eager and 
imprudent hand he attempts to remove an ani¬ 
mal from its native home, thinking only of his 
own convenience, he usually forgets the plant 
which would have reconciled his new slave to 
this separation from his birthplace. If he takes 
away a plant, he neglects the insect which en- 
