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EAUTIFUL in name (from the Greek £al/os) and justly merit- 
ing the distinction, is this lily-like plant. Its scientific name does 
joint honor to the French botanist, L. C. Richard, and its sup- 
{ posed original seat, Aithiopia, though its true habitat is farther 
»_ south, in the region of the Cape of Good Hope, this charming, 
familiar plant is only adapted to house culture in cold climates. 
° It has large, arrow-shaped leaves on long leafstalks. The flower 
is of a beautiful creamy white, and similar to a cornucopia in shape, or 
tg our own wild-wood plant, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and blooms during winter 
and spring. The plants of this order are pervaded by a volatile substance 
which in some becomes poisonous. The corms and root-stalks abound 
in starch, which in a few cases are rendered edible when the volatile 
substance is expelled by cooking. 
Hemining Beauty, 
] AM come, I am come! from the purple-browed sky, 
The spirit of beauty to thee; 
I ride on the wings of the rose-scented air, 
I sit on the lips of the violet fair, 
And weave me a wreath of the sun’s golden hair, 
As his tresses go glancingly by, 
And glimmer the foam of the sea. —Carlos D. Stuart. 
NATIVE grace Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, 
fair proportion’d on her polish’d limbs, But is, when unadorn’d, adorn'd the most; 
a simple robe, their best attire, Thoughtless of beautv, she was Beauty’s self, 
Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Recluse amid the close embowering woods. 
—Thompson. 
NEVER saw aught like to what thou art, 
A spirit so peculiar in its mold, 
With so much wildness and with vet a part 
Of all the softer beauties we behold. 
—Frances A. Fuller. 
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