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nearly all move at once. The whole plant is 
very rarely agitated, and that only during its 
first year. Swartz observes that the motion 
is irregular, and that it sometimes ceases en¬ 
tirely ; that it is immoveable in a very hot day, 
being agitated only in the evening, and that 
slowly. In our climate, the leaves, in gene¬ 
ral, only make a faint and feeble attempt to¬ 
wards the middle of the day in exerting their 
extraordinary faculty. 
AMIABILITY. 
JASMINE. 
The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, 
The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf 
Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more 
The bright profusion of her scatter’d stars. 
COWPER. 
There are some persons endowed with a 
disposition so happy, that they seem to be 
sent into the world to be the bond of society. 
There is so much of grace and ease in their 
manners, that they adapt themselves to every 
situation, accommodate themselves to all 
tastes, and infuse cheerfulness into every 
company. They flatter none; they affect 
nothing, and never give offence. This quality 
is as much the gift of heaven as the lovely 
countenance which enchants the beholder by 
