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FLORAL RECORDS, 43 
The Yellow Julienne was supposed, as late 
as the days of Louis XIV., to have the power 
of restoring the voice when lost, and is still 
called by the French peasantry, herbe au 
chantre, 
But the White Julienne claims our chief 
attention, because to it there is attached a 
most touching story. This delicious flower, 
which, like the Jasmine, holds back its per- 
fume from the day, but at night 
“* Lets the delicious secret out 
To every breeze that flits about,” 
is a perfect emblem of the love that cheers 
adversity, as in truth it once did, in an un- 
usual manner. 
A crownless, widowed queen, the beautiful 
Marie Antoinette of France, was imprisoned 
in the worst cell of the prison, called the 
Conciergerie. Every insult and misery con- 
ceivable were heaped on her by the savage 
enemies of royalty. 
Without even a change of clothes, denied 
the most ordinary comforts, and in absolute 
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