THE FLOWER VASE. 103 
NIGHTSHADE. 
Solantjm. Class 5, — Order 1. 
More than one hundred species of this plant are found in 
America. Flowers yellow, blue, white and purple. 
Dark Thoughts. 
March — march — march! 
Earth groans as they tread! 
Each carries a skull,. 
Going .down to the dead! 
Every stride, every stamp, 
Every footfall is bolder; 
’T is a skeleton’s tramp, 
With a skull on his shoulder! 
But ho! how he steps 
With a high-tossing head, 
That clay-covered bone, 
Going down to the dead! 
A. C. Ooxe. 
