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TRANQUILLITY. 
ROCK MADWORT. 
There is a gentle element, and man 
May breathe it with a calm unruffled soul, 
And drink its living waters, till his heart 
Is pure, and this is human happiness. 
WILLIS. 
Tuts plant was esteemed by the ancients on 
account of its supposed power to allay anger. 
The species generally are showy plants, and of 
easy culture. The rock madwort is very orna- 
mental early in the season. 
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TRANSIENT HAPPINESS, 
SPIDERWORT. 
Tus plant is generally admitted as a border 
flower. The French have called it Ephémérine 
de Virginie, because its flowers fade rapidly ; 
they have also made it the emblem of transient 
happiness. The dead flowers are quickly suc- 
ceeded by others, from April to the end of 
October. 

