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Pjisucittt*, 



C)l)aciutl)US oricntalis. Natural Order: Liliacece—Lily Family. 



one is familiar witli tlie Hyacinth, which is a great 

 ,orite and is \ery generally culti\-ated, both in the house 

 and garden. The bulb is large and purple, having several 

 lanceolate leaves which stand erect. The flower-stalk is about 

 '^j.^Sstwice the height of the leaves, and beautified with many bell- 

 like blossoms, varying in color in the different varieties. It is 

 --.iid to have received its name from Hyacinthus, a boy beloved b)' 

 Apollo, and with whom he was playing quoits, when Zeph3'rus, who 

 also loved the j^outh, becoming jealous and enraged, "blew the quoit 

 which Apollo had cast against the head of Hyacinthus, thereby caus- 

 ing his death." Apollo then changed his blood into the above flower. 

 It is a native of the Levant, but has long been cultivated in Europe 

 and America. 



I^hIous^. 



pElIOLD the blood which late the grass had dy'd, 

 ^ Was now no blood; from which a flower lull hlo' 

 Far brighter than the Tyrian scarlet shone, 

 Which seem'd the same, or did resemble right 

 A lily, changing but the red to white. —Ovid. 



T)UT there are storms 

 glare — 



ihose 



jhtn 



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Tempests, w-hose thunders neyer cease to ro 

 The storms of love when madden'd to despair - 

 The furious tempests of the jealous soul. 



— Isaac C/asoii. 



■pOUL jealousy! that turnest love divine 



To joyless dread, and mak'st the loving heart 



With hateful thoughts to languish and to pine. 

 And feed itself with self-consuming smart: 

 Of all the passions in the mind thou vilest art. 



-Spen. 



r\ JEALOU.SV! thou merciless destroyer, 

 ^^ Moi-e cruel than tlie grave! what ravages 

 Does thy wild war make in noblest bosoms! 



-MalM. 



A.S envy pines at good possessed, 

 So je.ilousy looks forth distressed 

 On good that seems approaching; 



And if success his steps attend, 

 Discerns a rival in a friend. 

 And hates him for encroaching. 



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