. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f ftw; l^ Xatlral Crder -Couyohw,//is Fatiiilv. 1 \T \S. or Swet-t Potatu, nalive to both the East and \\ est Indies, and onh' within a recent period has the cuiti- \ itioii ot' the tubers been attempted save in tropical countries oi tht more remote, \\arni parts ot" our Southern States. Lttteih'. lio\\-e\er, thev ha\e been introduced into the Mid- dle States, ^\llere thev ha\e been successfully grown by first u tin<( tlie plants in hotbeds, and then transplanting them to the soil m which the\- ai-e t
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f ftw; l^ Xatlral Crder -Couyohw,//is Fatiiilv. 1 \T \S. or Swet-t Potatu, nalive to both the East and \\ est Indies, and onh' within a recent period has the cuiti- \ itioii ot' the tubers been attempted save in tropical countries oi tht more remote, \\arni parts ot" our Southern States. Lttteih'. lio\\-e\er, thev ha\e been introduced into the Mid- dle States, ^\llere thev ha\e been successfully grown by first u tin<( tlie plants in hotbeds, and then transplanting them to the soil m which the\- ai-e to grow. The potatoes are protected in dry sand during winter. The tubers are pointed, sweet and nourishing. The stem is prostrate and creeping, producing purple or white flowers, campanulate in shape, and sometimes ijuite show}-. For mere pleasure it can be grown in the house by placing a tuber in a vessel partly filled with water, when it will reward the cultivator with several quite pretty and lengthy vines. If the first should decay before sprouting, it could easily be replaced until success crowned perse^•erance. T"HOUGH gay as mirth, a< curious thoughts sedate; ^ As elegance polite, as power elate; Profound as reason, and as justice clear; .Soft as fompassion. \ et as truth se^'ere. —^,\ CANNOT soar into the heights xou -ho- Nor dive among the deeps that you re\ er It it is much that high things are to knov That deep things are to I'eel. QHE was the pride ^ Ot" her familiar spliere —the daily joy Of all who on her gracefulness might gaze, And in the light and music of her way Ha\ e a companion's portion. —Willis. "V'\- \uurs, not mine, to pluck out of yom" hre .Some human truth, whose workings reconili Were unattired in words, and manifest, .\nd hold it t'orth to light. ) tree and fa "-^ .\nd judge him by more than what you ki Ingeniously, and by the right-laid line Of truth, he truly will all styles deserve. Of wise, good, ju
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