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BOLDNESS. 
BLUNTNESS. 
BORAGE. 
The leaves of this plant are prickly, hairy, 
and rugose; hut the whole plant is useful. 
Its rugged appearance, which brings to mind 
the idea of that bluntness which often ac¬ 
companies charitable bounty, is forgotten in 
the enjoyment of its benefits. 
BOLDNESS. 
LARCH. 
The swain, in barren deserts, with surprise, 
Sees larch trees spring, and sudden verdure rise. 
This hardy tree grows rapidly, and thrives 
better in a poor soil than in rich earth; and 
is commonly found upon the mountain’s side, 
where it vegetates at an immense elevation. 
Within the last thirty years numerous 
quantities of the larch have been planted in 
every quarter of this island; and the demand 
for young trees has been so extensive, that one 
nurseryman is said to have raised, in 1796, 
more than five millions. No exotic tree has 
ever been introduced into England which has 
so universally embellished the country, and 
that in so short a time. “ Its pale and deli¬ 
cate green, so cheerfully enlivening the dark 
