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But re to-morrow's setting sun, 

 Thy beauty fades, thy form is gone. 

 Yet though no grace thy buds retain, 

 Thy pleasing odours still remain. 

 Ye fair, betimes, the moral prize, 

 'Tis lasting beauty to be wise. 



ETYMOLOGY OF THE PASSION-FLOWER, A 

 CURIOUS ANECDOTE. 



This beautiful flower, when full blown, is 

 about four inches in diameter, has ten petals, or 

 flower leaves, within which, round about the 

 bottom of the style, are placed two rows of 

 stamina, like threads of a purple colour. The 

 style somewhat resembles the pedestal of a 

 pillar, and divides itself on the top into three 

 parts, which turn their mouths towards the bot- 

 tom of the flower. Besides these three tubula, 

 a little below that part of the style where they 

 unite, there are placed five stamina, which 

 spread themselves in a star-like figure, with yellow 

 apices on their points. At the foot-stalk of each 

 flower is a whirl, or clasper, and to that is 

 joined the leaf of the plant, crenated on the 

 edges, and of a beautiful green colour. 



