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Rtcljai'lJta nctl)ia)jica. Natural Order: Aracar —A>-/tm Family. 



^^^-i^rt 1 1<: \l TIFUL in name (from the Greek kallos) and justly merit- 



Jh ,nt; the distinction, is this lily-like plant. Its scientific name does 



^vK ' -J'""^ honor to the French botanist, L. C. Richard, and its sup- 



'"" )1"' posed original seat, .-Ethiopia, though its true habitat is farther 



ii-:^^] : r south, in the region of the Cape of Good Hope, this charming, 



^^jAj^^OTl familiar plant is only adapted to house culture in cold climates. 



fy f}= It has large, arrow-shaped leaves on long leafstalks. 1'he flower 



is of a beautiful creamy white, and similar to a cornucopia in shape, or 



to our own wild-wood plant, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and blooms during winter 



and spring. The plants of this order are pervaded by a volatile substance 



which in some becomes poisonous. The corms and root-stalks abound 



in starch, which in a few cases are rendered edible when the volatile 



substance is expelled by cooking. 



T AM come, I am come! Irom the purple-browed sky, 



^ The spirit of beauty to thee: 



I ride on the wings of the rose-scented air, 



I sit on the lips of the violet fair. 



And weavje me a wreath of the sunV golden hair. 



As his tresses go glancingly by. 



And glimmer the foam of the sea. — Carina D.Stuart. 



N.VTIVE grace 



Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd 

 I'd in a simple robe, their best attire, 

 'ond the pomp of dress; for loveliness 



Xeeds not the Ibreign aid of ornament. 

 But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most; 

 Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self 

 Recluse amid the close embowering woods. 

 — Tlinmf'sati. 



T NE\'ER sa«- aught like to what thoi 



.\ spirit so peculiar in its mold, 

 \\'ith so much wildness and with \-et a 

 Of all the softer beauties we behold. 

 -Franc- 



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