vlntini)ilUim IliaitlG. Xatukai. Order: Scrophiilariacw—Figxcort Family. 



V tlic man\- varieties ot" tliis plant, all are highly esteemed as 

 Dinaments in the flower-garden. The tiowers are \-ery brilliant, 

 usualh combining two or three colors in one blossom, and are 

 most singular in shape. Each is tubular as it comes out of the 

 c.ih \, and continues so for nearh- an inch, when it terminates 

 m two lips, a two-cleft one turning upward, and a three-cleft 

 one turning downward, while between the two, and closing the orifice, 

 is a puffed protuberance. The Greek words aiiti riii, whence the 

 name, signify "opposite the nose." as it is supposed to resemble the 

 snout of an animal. When the flower is pressed between the fingers 

 it opens like a mouth, and when the pressure is slackened it snaps 

 or closes quickly like a spring. The plants are perennials, growing 

 about a foot or two in height, and bloom the first season if sown 

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DE LORGE'S love o'erheard the king, a beauteous, lively dame, 

 W'itti smiling lips and sharp, bright eyes, which always seemed the same; 

 She thought. The count, my lover, is brave as brave can be; 

 He surelv would do wondrous things to show his love ot" me; 

 '•King, ladies, lovers, all look on; the occasion is divine; 

 1 Ml drop mv glove, to prove his love; great glory will be mine." 

 .She dropped her glove, to prove his love, then looked at him and smiled; 

 He bowed, and in a moment leaped among the lions wild: 

 The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regained his place. 

 Then threw the glove, but not with love, right in the lady's tacc. 

 "By heaven!" said Francis, "rightly done!" and he rose from where lie sal; 

 "No love," quoth he. "hut vanity, sets love a task like that." —Uigli Hunt. 



11 7 HEN years began 

 ' ' To reap the fruit of knowledge; ah! how then 

 Would she with graver looks, with sweet, stern brow. 

 Check my presumption and my forwardness! 

 Yet still would give me flow'rs; still would she show 

 What she would have me, vet nol have me know. —DatiM. 



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