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^Eggijeil ^^Irim. 



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Cmiinis tlciStUCUli. Natural Order: CaryopltyllaccLC— Pink Family. 



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^:/^HIS species of Lychnis is a perennial herb from Europe, and 

 IS from one to two feet high, with smooth, narrow, tapering 

 ka\es. The flowers are a beautiful pink, with a brown 

 (..ih\ It is sometimes called, in England, the Cuckoo 

 flowtr (which is but a literal translation of the Latin fos 

 ( IK iili ), as it blooms about the time of the arrival of that 

 bud m caih summer. The Greek word lychnis primarily denotes a 

 1 imp, and is conjectured to have been given to the plant because the 

 down of some varieties was used for wicks, or because of the bright 

 I irlet 01 reddish-purple flower of some of the others. All the varie- 

 lus of the L\chnis have been cultivated from time immemorial, the 

 veis being red, white, pink, and purple. Some of the species 

 as down) as the mullein. 



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Atones nc 



vit, like most mistaken thmgs. 

 for that envy which it brings 



'ITII her mien she enamors tlie 

 With lier wit she engages the 11 

 With her modesty pleases the grave; 

 She is every way pleasing to me. 



—Pope. 



atiire never gave to mortal 



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•^ A free and arbitrary power of 

 But bound him to his good behavi 

 That he should never use it to do 



—Shells. 



11 7 ILL is the prince, and wit the counselor, 

 ^ ' Which doth for common good in council sit 

 And when wit is resolved, will lends her power 

 To execute what is advised by wit. 



—Sir y Davies. 



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'IS eye begets occasion for liis wit; 



For every object that the one doth catch. 

 The other turns to a mirth-loving jest. 



—Shakespfai 



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the diamond, weighty, solid, sou; 

 ,'hen cut by wit it casts a brighter bear 

 Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still. 



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