244 FLORA HISTORICA. 



EVERLASTING or CUD-WEED. GnaphaUum. 



Natural Order Composite Discorde^B. Corymbifei'ce, 

 Juss : a Genus of the Syngeneda Polygamia Super- 

 flua Class. 



•* As ^ather'd flowers, while their wounds are new. 

 Look g-ay and fresh, as on the stalk they grew. 

 Torn from the root that nourish'd them awhile, 

 (Not taking notice of their fate) they smile, - 

 And in the hand that rudely pluck' d them show 

 Fairer than those that to their autumn grow." 



Waller. 



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We present this lasting flower as the emblem of 

 never-ceasing remembrance, from its being so fre- 

 quently used on the continent to decorate the 

 monuments and graves of departed friends. 

 Since the hill of Pere la Chaise has been con- 

 verted into a cemetery for the city of Paris, the 

 demand for these flowers in the French capital 

 has been so considerable, as not only to employ 

 many hands in the cultivation of them, but nume- 

 rous families are regularly occupied, and entirely 

 supported by forming these flowers into garlands 

 and crosses, which are offered for sale by the 



