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Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1915, Page 6

THE POHUTUKAWA TREE. (METROSIDEROS TOMENTOSA). The blooming of Christmas tree in Taranaki earlier than usual this year recalls the following pretty verses by Alfred Sharpe. Metrosideros Tomentosa, ' Well and fitly named, All unlike the soft mimosa, Thou, for strength art framed. On the craggy cliffs, defiant, Drenched with spray of wave, Standest thou, all flash and royaunt, O'er some ocean cave. While each fronded bough attesteth It defies the tempest's might; And a crimson glory resteth O'er each branch, and proudly cresteth > All thy topmost height. In his might the storm-kind twisteth All thy branches hoar, Yet each stretcheth where it listeth, Green for evermore; Each in proud resistance facing All the tempest's fling; And amongst their interlacing There, the cormorant, white-breasted, Gazes on the deeps below, Where the waves all foamy-crested Surge along, till rock-arrested In their onward flow. All the seasons in their ranging, Winter, summer, spring, Or the autumn, ever-changing Beauties to thee bring; Thou'rt in winter dark and massive, Meet for stormy time, Meet for a resistance passive To the ocean rime. In the spring, thy leaflets springing, Crown thee with a silver-green; While the kingfislies are winging, Or from rocks below upßpringing To thy leafy screen. King of summer Flora crowns thee, Placing on thy head A bright coronal of glory Of a vivid red. That when sunlight on it glance 3 .Mocks the ruby's glow, And, reflected downwards, dances On the waves below; And thy flowers and leaves combining Symbolise our Christmas time; Ruby-berried holly miming; With the good old customs chiming Of the English clime. As an emblem, thee we treasure Of our Christmas glee; All associate with its pleasure, And its revelry. Emblem, too, of strength and power, On thy native rock; Caring not, though storm-clouds lower, For the tempest's shock. Thou, with roots of iron cleaving, To New Zealand's rock-bound shore, Far above the ocean's heaving, Or thy lower branches laving In its surges, standest braving Wind and wave, for ever waving Back defiance to their roar.

BOILS AND PIMPLES. Boils and pimples are Nature's effort to throw off poisons which have formed in the blood. Chamberlain's Tablets cleanse the stomach, liver and bowels, thus purifying the blood and refreshing the system until you feel a new being. Take a course of Chamberlain's Tablets to thoroughly eradicate the poisonous matterffrom the system and then make a practice of taking one at regular intervals and you will never again be treubltd with boil*. Said mrywhero.