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FORGETFULNESS. 
MOONWORT. 
Tus is the same species as the Lunaria. It 
does not owe its name to the seed, which might 
commonly be supposed, but to the partition of 
its large flat pods, which are orbicular, like the 
moon. This partition, disengaged from its 
shells, remains brilliant, and has somewhat the 
resemblance of a medal. René, duke of Bar 
and Loraine, having been made prisoner at the 
battle of Thoulongear, painted with his own 
hand a branch of moonwort, and sent it to his 
vassals to reproach them for their Jack of dili- 
gence in procuring his deliverance. 
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FORSAKEN. 
GARDEN ANEMONE. 
The coy anemone, that ne’er uncloses 
Her lips until they’re blown on by the wind. 
H. SMITH. 
ANEMonE was a nymph beloved by Zephyr. 
Flora, being jealous, banished her from her 
court, and changed her into a flower, which 
always opens at the return of spring. Zephyr 
has abandoned this unfortunate beauty to the 
