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secratccl by the sacred titles of Jupiter, Mars, Juno, 

 Venus. The unlettered florist, on such an occasion, 

 is frequently obliged to consult the parson, the 

 schoolmaster, or the doctor, as high authorities, for 

 some learned and astounding name; but the sum- 

 mary of the proper names of the heathen gods and 

 goddesses, illustrious heroes and heroines, and cele- 

 brated worthies and beauties of antiquity, discovered 

 at the end of Entick's Spelling Dictionary, has ob- 

 viated much of the difficulty heretofore complained 

 of. Sam Greenhorn, an old florist, after many years 

 trying and toiling, at length had the good luck to 

 raise a number of seedling Carnations, which dazzled 

 the eyes, excited the envy, and blinded the judgment, 

 not only of Sam, but of many others in his neigh- 

 bourhood. Sam, with nice discrimination, selected 

 twelve of the best, and hastened up with ardent speed 

 to town, a distance of fifty miles, to present them for 

 exhibition at a flower-show society, whose members 

 were met to contend for a silver cup, and celebrate 

 their annual feast ; it was somewhere near Chelsea 



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