316 FLORA HISTORICA. 



BUGLOSS. Anckisa. 



Natural Ovder Asperifolice. Borraginea, Juss: a 

 Genus of the Pentandria Monogynia 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 the faded fair 

 one. 



** Les ruines d'lme maison 

 Se pouvent reparer ; que n est cot avantage 

 Pour les ruines du 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 coun- 

 tenance by a composition mask, or an unnatural 

 stain, m.ust 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 perfect. And notwithstanding that the paint- 



