THE FLOWER VASE. 119 
POTATO. 
Solanum. Class 5.— Order I. 
Flowers white or purple, with yellow anthers. 
Beneficence. 
In deeds of charity thy soul delights; 
In mercy, justice, and in human rights ; 
Thy liberal heart deviseth liberal things; 
Thy hand o’er every path some sunbeam flings; 
The poor look up with blessings on thy face, 
The children rush to meet thy kind embrace, 
The weak appeal to thee for just redress, 
The sorrowing throng thy path to praise and 
bless, 
And all, of every station, age and race, 
Implore thy favor, and extol thy grace. 
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