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^ltl)lta rOSta. Natural Order: Malvacccc — Mallovj Family. 



n"\VP>EN the Hollyhocks of this generation and the unpre- 



tuidiiig flower of our ancestors there is a marked difference. 



1 oi inei ly its single blossoms used to cluster around the stalk 



IS it grew beside the cabin of the early settler or mingled 



\\ ith the humble flowers in the dooryard of the villager. The 



fJ Ilollshock of today — how supurb! Ruffle after ruffle has it 



dckd to Its rosette, so silky and soft, until it is full to repletion, 



'and (.lose has it crowded them along its tall stem; step by step has 



It <id\anced to the lawn, gaining admiration as it approached the acme 



of its peifection. The colors of the blossoms are various. The plants 



1^^^ look ^^ell giouped, or planted in rows, or arranged as a background 



to lower-growing plants. It blooms the second year from the seed, or 



can be propagated bj' dividing the root. 



J^mliiiion* 



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MBITION is an idol on whose wings 

 Great minds are carried only to extreme: 



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MBITION 



dist: 



A goodly prospect, tempting to the view; 

 The height delights us, and the mountain top 

 Looks beautiful because 'tis nigh to heaven. 



B' 



lE not with honor's gilded baits beguiled. 

 Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis bra\ e ; 

 For though we like it, as a forward child, 

 'Tis so unsound, her cradle is her grave. 



— Sir W. Daveiwilt. 



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HO soars too near 

 Melts them; — to r 



TITHERE ambition of place goes before fitn 



Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow. 



— Gforffe Cliafma 



AMBITION is a 



• sun, with golden wings, 

 his own fortune brings. 



— SItakespearc. 



"VrOU have deeply ventured, 

 ^ But all must do so who would greatly 



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That causes all the ebbs 



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nd flows of nations 



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