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HIDDEN MERIT. 
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by Monsieur Pirolle, as significant of splendour, 
and perhaps we have no flowering plant more 
beautifully gay than the amaryllis. 
werneernce 
HEALING. 
BALM OF GILEAD. 
Tus exquisite balm was justly esteemed by 
the ancients, and seems to have been prepared 
by nature to soften our pains. We often 
employ the word balm in a moral sense, to 
express that which tempers and soothes our 
sorrows. Beneficent virtue and tender friend- 
ship are true balms which heal the wounds of 
the heart,—wounds a thousand times more in- 
supportable than all physical ills. 
wrens 
HIDDEN MERIT. 
CORIANDER, 
Wuen fresh gathered, this plant has a power- 
ful and very disagreeable smell. It is ex- 
tensively cultivated in Essex; the seeds, 
which are slightly aromatic, are used to cover 
the taste of senna, and in spices as curry 
powder. They are also believed to possess 
considerable medicinal properties of great value. 


















