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SCARLET PIMPERNEL. 



HREE species form the whole of 

 this small tribe. The scarlet is 

 ^ found in corn-fields, and in sandy 

 places, in company with the gorgeous pop- 

 py. They alone, amid the infinite variety 

 of blue or white, or yellow, pink, or lilac 

 flowers, or blending each in their party- 

 coloured petals, are robed in scarlet. They 

 alone exhibit that vivid tint which, more 

 than any other, attracts the passer by ; the 

 one lifting up its gorgeous head amid the 

 tall stems of the rustling corn ; the other 

 unfoldmg its beautiful corolla on the bosom 

 of the light green leaves that cover the dry 

 soil beneath. The scarlet pimpernel is, with 

 every one, a favourite flower : it is so small 



