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BASENESS., 
DODDER. 
Tue cuscuta, or dodder, is a genus of parasi- 
tical 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, contrary to the 
sun’s apparent motion; or from right to left, 
sending out from the inner surface a number of 
little vesicles, which attach themselves to the 
bark of the supporting plant. By degrees, the 
longitudinal vessels of the stalk shoot from 
their extremities, and insinuate themselves so 
intimately, that it is easier to break than to 
disengage them. Like the vile parasite, it 
draws all the strength from its supporter, until 
that perishes. 
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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! 
MOORE’S ANACREON, 
Tus beautiful flower, and universal favourite 
of nature, has never been described in language 








