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Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less 
For flowering in a wilderness— 
Then come—thy Arab maid will be 
The loved and lone acacia tree. 
There could be no fitter emblem of a beautiful 
woman flourishing in the retirement of her 
home, secluded from the vanities of ‘ crowded 
life,’ and adorning with her bloom the abode of 
domestic affection.” 
wnenannnna 
PLEASANTRY. 
BALM GENTLE, 
Tue scientific name of this plant is Melissa, 
which is synonymous with the Greek word for 
bee, being derived from eas, honey, which is 
sought for in these flowers with avidity. ‘* The 
recent plant has the agreeable odour of lemons.’’ 
“* It was formerly prized as a corroborant in 
hypochondriacal and nervous affections.’ It is 
on account of the soothing qualities of the 
waters distilled from this plant that it has been 
made the emblem of pleasantry. 

