BEAUTY. 
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BASENESS.. 
DODDER. 
The cuscuta, or dodder, is a genus of para¬ 
sitical plants, fastening itself to, and deriving 
its nourishment from others. The seed does 
not split into lobes, but opens and puts forth 
a little spiral body, which is the embryo. 
The stalk twines about some other plant, con¬ 
trary to the sun’s apparent motion; or from 
right to left, sending out from the inner sur¬ 
face a number of little vesicles, which attach 
themselves to the hark of the supporting plant. 
By degrees, the longitudinal vessels of the 
stalk shoot from their extremities, and insi¬ 
nuate themselves so intimately, that it is ea¬ 
sier to break than to disengage them. Like 
the vile parasite, it draws all the strength 
from its supporter, until that perishes. 
BEAUTY. 
ROSE. 
Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower, 
That ever drank the amber shower; 
Rose! thou art the fondest child 
Of dimpled spring, the wood nymph wild! 
moose’s anackeon. 
This beautiful flower, and universal fa¬ 
vourite of nature, has never been described 
