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C'0cfesjC;Ciml3< 



(Eclosia Cristata. Natural Order: Amaranlacea: — Amaranth Family. 



S^^. FEW years ago the crimson Celosia was the only variety to 

 P be met with, and now we have the white, yellow, and rose. 

 They bloom in a flattened, pyramidal spike, frequently a foot 

 broad, and resemble a mass of plush gathered into a gro- 

 ^t[^ tesque shape, the crest of the flower being usually deeper in 

 ^\ ^ tint and softer in texture. They are garden annuals, but 

 are equally adapted for pot culture, looking well as greenhouse or con- 

 servatory ornaments when placed against a background of striking 

 foliage. Their flowers are lasting, and are a fine addition to winter 

 bouquets, in which case they should be plucked before frost, and before 

 too much wasted by the ripening of the seeds. 



ttfpi 







H ! save me, ye pov 

 These tea-table hei 



from these pinks of the nation, 

 these lords of creation. —Snlmagimdi. 



SOME positive, persisting fops we know. 

 Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; 



'OXCOMBS are of all ranks and kind. 



But vou with pleasure 

 And make e.ich dav a 



vn your errors past, 

 itique on the last. —Pofe. 



Of rich, 

 'Tis vani 



poor, or great, or 

 besets them all. 



HIXE out, fair sun, till I ha\ 

 That I mav see mv shadow 



bought a glass, 

 i I pass. —Shakespea, 



E^: 



irning does 

 This fellow put himself upon the rack. 



With putting on 's apparel, and manfully 

 Endures his tailor, when he screws and \ 

 His body into the tashion of his doublet. 



P0P.S take a world of pains 



To prove that bodies may exist sans brains; 

 The former so fantastically dress'd, 

 The latter's absence may be safely guess'd. 



— Park Benjamin. 





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ATURE m.ide ev'ry fop to plague his brother. 

 Just as one beauty mortifies another. —Pope. 



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