Mr. Graberg, Mr. Schreber, and Mr. Ramstrom, seem of opinion, that the internal structure or parts of fructification in mule-plants resemble the female parent; but that the habit or external structure resembles the male parent.

The deceased had attended balls and fiestas in a frock coat, and nothing else would be expected of him in the skiesand, wonderful to relate, the tailor accidentally happened to have one ready, which he would part with for thirty-two pesos, four cheaper than the Franciscan habit, because he didn't want to make any profit on Capitan Tiago, who had been his customer in life and would now be his patron in heaven.

After belching three or four times, for his Honor had that ugly habit, he said that the only person who could save Basilio was Padre Camorra, in case he should care to do so.

" He explained Padre Irene's act of plunging under the table as "an impulse of innate valor, which the habit of a God of peace and gentleness, worn throughout a whole life, had been unable to extinguish," for Padre Irene had tried to hurl himself upon the thief and had taken a straight course along the submensal route.

The actual amount of knowledge gained at school must needs be small, and often quickly forgotten, but the habit of right study is an invaluable possession.

To understand the crisis into which she was brought, the reader must bear in mind our long habit of belief, not only in Selphar's personal honesty, but in the infallibility of her mysterious power.

Oddly enough, some old Scripture wordsSharley was not much in the habit of quoting Scripturecame into her thoughts just as she had curled herself comfortably up beside the wall, her watching face against the grape-leaves: "But what went ye out for to see?"

costumbre, f., custom, habit; de , customary, usual(ly); tener de , to be accustomed; to be one's custom.

flexible, flexible, supple, soft. flor, f., flower; dar en la , to take into one's head; to fall into the habit.

hábito, m., habit, custom; dress; pl., cassock, clothes.

EPHEDRA VULGARIS (syn Ephedra monastachya), from Siberia, 1772, is a half-hardy shrub of trailing habit, with inconspicuous flowers.

It is of stout growth, 6 feet or more in height, of spreading habit, and with elliptical, serrulated, bright green leaves, and clusters of crimson-red flowers produced in summer.

F. Ornus serotina alba and F. Ornus serotina violacea are beautiful seedling forms that were raised in France, and on account of their dwarf habit and profusion of flowers are well worthy of attention.

It is of Camellia-like growth, with large, sweetly fragrant flowers and a good habit of growth.

It is of bushy habit, from 4 feet to 5 feet high, with oblong leaflets, in number from twenty to thirty-five, which are Pea-green above and downy on the under sides.

This species is of erect habit, 3 feet or 4 feet high, and with leaves reminding one of those of the Sea Purslane.

It is hardy in most places, and is worthy of culture for its graceful habit and handsome foliage.

It is of branching habit, with small, wiry stems, oval, coriacious leaves, and pretty pinky flowers.

For its handsome, evergreen foliage and compact habit of growth it is, perhaps, most to be valued, for the small flowers are at their best both dull and inconspicuous.

This will ever be accounted valuable for the rock garden, owing to its very dwarf habit and extreme floriferousness.

This is another rare and beautiful plant, of neat habit, and producing an abundance of showy white flowers, that are, however, seldom produced in this country.

"Children insensibly contract the same bad habit of looking very sharply for the faults of others, never once thinking that they may have some, which, if not precisely the same, may be even worse.

" As Clerambault admired his patience, he repeated his refrain: "I've got the habit.

"G owned the negro's wife, and was in the habit of sleeping with her!

His unshorn face was tanned a deep brown which with his rough clothing and longish hair gave him rather a forbidding aspect, and the lines into which his face fell in moments of repose were almost unpleasantly severe; but his eyes which had formed the painter's habit of looking critically through their lashes had a way of opening wide at unexpected moments and staring at her with the disconcerting frankness of those of a child.