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THE FLOWER VASE. 
PASSION FLOWER. 
Passiflora. Class 16 — Order 2. 
Indigenous to America. At the South, the flowers are 
bright red. Those of the North are generally pale blue or 
yellow. 
Religions Fer7or. 
How should the soul with adoration glow, 
To that great Power, eternal and supreme, 
Who gives us faculties for joy and wo, 
And nope and reason guarding each extreme; 
Who paints on sorrow’s clouds the rainbow- 
beam 
That cheers our spirits through sad mists of 
tears, 
And bids the heaven-lit taper brighter gleam, 
As down the dark declivity of years 
We seek the better clime, where Truth her tem¬ 
ple rears! 
Mrs. Broughton. 
