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Emperor, this one did, and he therefore proposed 

 that it should be called Greenhorn's Emperor, which 

 was unanimously agreed to. The bell was rung, 

 the waiter came, and two bottles of wine w r ere 

 ordered by Sam, upon the suggestion of Tulip. 

 Chair ! chair ! was called, and Mr. Samuel Green- 

 horn was unanimously voted into it. The wine 

 arrived, the corks were drawn in a crack, and Tom 

 Tulip proposed the health of Mr. Greenhorn with 

 three, and success to his Emperor. The bottles 

 were soon emptied in discussing the imperial pro- 

 perties of the Emperor. Sam then drew forth a 

 purple-flaked carnation, which was handed round. 

 Bill Rose descanted for some time upon the various 

 merits of this flower, pointed out the real Tyrian 

 purple stripe, and maintained that it was one of the 

 best he ever had seen : the name, he insisted, should 

 be Greenhorn's Queen, Queen Caroline. Sam 

 nodded ascent, and ordered in a third bottle, which 

 was soon disposed of as before. A rose-coloured 

 flake was next handed round. Strawberry Jack 

 declared himself enraptured with it ; the leaf was a 



