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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 songs 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 in¬ 
sect 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 
consonance and love by which all things in the 
world are hound 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- 
