FLORAL EMBLEMS 283 



SINGULARITY. 



COCK'S-COMB, OR CRESTED AMARANTH 

 Celosia Cristata. 



" - plants, divine and strange, 



That ev'ry day their blossoms change, 



Ten thousand lovely hues ! 

 With budding, fading, faded flowers, 

 They stand, the wonder of the bowers, 

 From morn to evening dews." 



This singular amaranth is a native of 

 flowery lands, being common in China, Japan, 

 and some parts of Persia. 



Singularity is frequently adopted by those 

 who have no other claims to public notice ; 

 but it is justly observed, that to be singular in 

 any thing that is wise and worthy, is not a 

 disparagement but a praise. 



