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FAMILIAS GAKBEX FLOWESS. 



"history repeats itself/^ Limifens nameil the phiut knowiii 

 as jiiid rom/'ilti, because he found it blooming in the midst 

 of a watery waste, hke Andromeda, the daughter of 

 Cassiope, chained to the rock and assailed by sea-monsters^ 

 but sure of deliverance when Perseus (the spring) should 

 come. In this there is fancy enough, Ijut no myth. The 

 flower Cdmmemorates the ladj- who competed M'ith the 

 nymphs for the prize of beauty, and it needs only one touch 

 to transfer it from the region of fact, as reiiards the work 

 of Linnipus. Let us then accomplish the ti-ansference. 

 Linna?us did not name the flower, for its name is coeval 

 with its existence. Andromeda was not saved by Perseus; 

 she perished in her chains, and the flower sjirang from 

 her grave. Reverse the process, and the classic names of 

 plants become commemorative, and all the mythical features 

 are annihilated. 



