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LUPIN.-GUELDER-ROSE. 
LUPIN. 
The ancients named this plant Lupinus , from Lupus , 
a wolf, on account of its voracious nature, which is such 
that it draws in all the nourishment of the soil to feed its 
own growth, and consequently, destroys other vegeti '' 
but in doing so it forms an excellent manure for poc 
foul lands. 
-Tristisque lupini 
Sustuleris fragiles calamos. 
VIRGIL. 
•-Where stalks of lupins grew, 
Th’ ensuing season, in return, may bear 
The bearded product of the golden year. 
dryden. 
guelder-rose. 
This cold-coloured, abortive flower is made to represent 
the age which banishes gaiety and warm desire. 
The snow-ball which eclipses 
The white bosom of Venus. 
