ifacalia COCriuca. NAxntAi. Ordek: CompositiC — Aster Family. 



!">CARLET Cacalia is a native of the East Indies, where nature 



revels in the most brilliant hues conceivable to the human mind, 



and where flowers assume shapes more innumerable than in 



this our cool and more temperate climate. Yet we must admit 



:>the most of them behave admirably in their adopted homes, 



% sometimes diminishing their stature, but ahvays remaining objects 



worthy of attention. The Cacalia blossom is shaped like a beautiful 



little brush or tassel, and is sometimes called Venus's Paint Brush, or 



L^;::^^ Tassel Flower. There are two \-arieties grown in our gardens, one 



~ ^ an orange scarlet, the other a golden yellow. They appear to better 



fc>advantage in masses when not too thickly sown, and if the withered 



Iflowers are remo\ed, will bloom profuseh- until frost. 



jibuht 



inn. 



TF we from wealth to p 

 ^ Want gives to know t 



'T'HOU delightest the cold world's gaze, 

 ^ When crowned with the flower and the gem. 

 But thv lover's sniile should he dearer praise 

 Than the incense thou prizest from them. 



K" flafrer from the friend. 



And gay is the playful tone. 



.\s to the flattering voice thou responde 

 But what is the praise of the cold and unk 



To the tender blame of the fondest.' 



-John I 



VTO adulation; 'tis the death of virtue! 



•'■ Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest. 



Save he who courts the flatterer. —ffaimali More. 



T AM not tbrm'd, by flattery and prai 

 By sighs and tears, and all the whin 

 Of love, to feed a fair one's vanity : 

 To charm at once and spoil her. 



A 



.SPIRIT, pure and fine and true 

 As ever dwelt in human form : 

 A love as deep, as fond, as warn 



ever loving woman knew. 



-Koi^ 7. / 



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