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SYMPATHY. 
THRIFT, 
The marygold above, to adorn the arched bar ; 
The double daysie, thrift, the button batcheler. 
DRAYTON. 
Tue scientific name of this plant, statice, is 
derived from the Greek word statikos, which 
expresses that which has the power to stop, 
unite, or retain. Next to box it forms the 
prettiest border plant we know. The flowers of 
the thrift are small, numerous, turning towards 
the sun, and form pretty blue cups. To be seen 
to advantage they should be viewed through 
a microscope. The plant is cultivated for its 
modest beauty, but it grows naturally in marshy 
places, and especially by the sea-shore, where it 
binds the sands together by its numerous roots. 
This quality is the bond which unites man to his 
fellow man, and, without it, each individual 
would be a distinct species by himself. Dryden 
makes it one of the noblest qualities in human 
nature : 
Kindness by secret sympathy is tied ; 
For noble souls in nature are allied. 
Locke observes, ‘‘ There are such associations 
made in the minds of most men, that to this 
might be attributed most of the sympathies ob- 
servable in them.”’ 





















