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YOUR PRESENCE REVIVES ME. 
ROSEMARY. 
Tuis shrub yields by distillation a light pale 
essential oil of great fragrance, which is im- 
parted to rectified spirit. It was formerly 
recommended for strengthening the nervous 
system, headachs, &c., as well as to strengthen 
the memory. Rosemary has also been made 
the emblem of fidelity, and used accordingly to 
be worn at weddings, and, on the same principle, 
at funerals. It is the principal ingredient in 
Hungary water, and is drank at tea for head- 
achs, and by nervous persons. 
nannnernnn 
YOU ARE COLD. 
HORTENSIA. 
We have possessed this plant only for a 
short time. Although its corymbose flowers 
be alternately of white, purple, and violet 
colour, they have a brilliant effect in our draw- 
ing-rooms ; its cold and stately beauty quickly 
fades ;—it is the image of a coquette who, with- 
out grace and without the power which intel- 
lect confers, seeks to please only by her attention 
to her toilet. 























