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YOUR LOOKS FREEZE ME. 
FICOIDES, OR ICE PLANT. 
With pellucid studs the ice flower gems 
His rising foliage, and his candied stems. 
DARWIN. 
Tue leaves of this singular plant are covered 
with transparent vesicles full of water. When 
in the shade it seems to be gemmed with dew- 
drops; but when exposed to the burning sun, 
it appears scattered over with frozen crystals, 
| which reflect with great brilliancy the rays of 
the sun: on this account it is commonly called 
\ ice plant. 
YOUR QUALITIES SURPASS YOUR 
CHARMS. 
MIGNONETTE., 
No gorgeous flowers the meek reseda grace, 
Yet sip with eager trunk yon busy race 
Her simple cup, nor heed the dazzling gem 
That beams in Fritillaria’s diadem. 
DR. EVANS. 
Wr have possessed this Egyptian weed, called 
mignonette, or little darling, by the French, 

















