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THE FLOWER VASE. 
NASTURTION. 
Tropjeolum. Class S. — Order 1. 
Flowers golden yellow. Very brilliant Plant some¬ 
what creeping. 
Patriotism. 
Hail to the land whereon we tread, 
Our fondest boast! 
***** 
There is no other land like thee, 
No dearer shore; 
Thou art the shelter of the free, 
The home, the port of liberty, 
Thou hast been, and shalt ever be, 
Till time is o’er. 
Ere I forget to think upon 
My land, shall mother curse the son 
She bore. 
J. G. Percival. 
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