BUGLOSS. 29l 



BUGLOSS. Anchma. 



Natural Order AsperifoUce. Borrag'uiccc, Juss. A 

 Genus of the Peiitandria Mo/iogynia Class. 



The Bugloss has been made the emblem of false- 

 hood, because its roots are used in making rouge 

 for the face. And why not ? says tlie faded fair 

 one. 



Les mines d'uiie maison 



Se pouvent reparer ; que n'est cet avantage' 

 Pour les ruines clu visage ? 



La Fontaine. 



The good taste displayed by the British ladies 

 of the present day in throwing aside the barbarous 

 practice of disfiguring the contour of the counte- 

 nance by a composition mask, or an unnatural stain, 

 must be acknowledged by every one whose memory 

 is a quarter of a century old. 



Nothing more decidedly indicates an approach 

 to the most refined state of civilization in any 

 country or people than that of throwing off the 

 disguise of art, and following the beauties of nature, 

 whose works none can correct or make more per- 

 fect. For notwithstanding that the painting of 

 the face has been sanctioned by all the courts of 

 Europe, its origin was derived from the most un- 



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