!2lgrOStcilima Clitljago. Natural Order: Caiyophyllacca; — Pink Family. 



' ROWING uncultivated in fields of grain, this plant is nearly 

 •illied to the species of Lychnis that are grown in the flower 

 garden. The stem is from two to three feet high, with foliage 

 of a pale green, and the leaves three or four inches in length. 

 The flowers are rather pretty, though not brilliant, being in 

 color somewhat of a dull purple. Its name, Agrostemma, 

 signifies crown of the field, derived from the Greek; and the epithet 

 githago is allied to gith, the Welsh name for Corn Cockle. 



^orl^ abau^ PEaul:|< 



r\ FATAL beauty! why art thou bestow'd 



^ On hapless woman still to make her wretched? 



Betrayed by thee, how many are undone. —Palicrson. 



■pEAUTY, 

 •D 'who can 

 Pleased with 

 And see the 



like ice, our footing does betray ; 

 tread sure on the smooth, slip'ry way : 

 the passage, we glide swiftly on, 

 dangers which we cannot shun. 



—DryJen. 



''TPIS not a set of features or complexion 



The tincture of a skin I admire, 

 Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, 

 Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. 



TITHY did the gods give thee a heavenly form. 



And earthly thoughts to make thee proud of ; 

 Why do I ask.' 'Tis now the known disease 

 That beauty hath, to bear too deep a sense 

 Of her own self-conceived excellence. —loiisoti. 



■pEAUTY, my lord, 'tis the worst part of woman, 



A weak, poor thing, assaulted ev'rv hour 



By creeping minutes of defacing time; 



A superficies, which each breath of care 



Blasts off; and ev'ry hum'rous stream of grief 



Which flows from forth these fountains of our eves 



Washeth awav, as rain doth winter's snow. 



-Gofff. 



'T'HINK not, 'cause men flafring say, 

 A v eiro fresh as April, sweet as May 



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Bright as the morning star 

 That you are. 



•pEAUTY is cxcell'd by 

 D And wisdom, which ak 



»EAUTY, fair flower, upon the 

 But worth with beautv soon i 



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