eT I—ry 
Cockscowh, 
Gelosia cristata. Natrurat OrpER: Amarantacee — Amaranth Family. 
FEW years ago the crimson Celosia was the only variety to 
be met with, and now we have the white, yellow, and rose. 
They bloom in a flattened, pyramidal spike, frequently a foot 
broad, and resemble a mass of plush gathered into a gro- 
og tesque shape, the crest of the flower being usually deeper in 
\ tint and softer in texture. They are garden annuals, but 
servatory ornaments when placed against a background of striking 
%.: foliage. Their flowers are lasting, and are a fine addition to winter 
bouquets, in which case they should be plucked before frost, and before 
too much wasted by the ripening of the seeds. 
Hoppery. 
H! save me, ye powers, from these pinks of the nation, 
These tea-table heroes! these lords of creation. —Salmagundi. 
OME positive, persisting fops we know, OXCOMBS are of all ranks and kind, 
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; They’re not to sex or age confined; 
But you with pleasure own your errors past, Of rich, or poor, or great, or small, , 
And make each day a critique on the last. —pope, *Tis vanity besets them all. —Gay. 
HINE out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, 
That I may see my shadow as I pass. —sShakespeare. 
ES. arioroing O0e8 OPS take a world of pains 
This fellow: put tunaseli mpori the teks To prove that bodies may exist saxs brains; 
With putting on ’s apparel, and manfully The former so fantastically dress’d, 
Endures his tailor, when he screws and wrests The latter's absence may be safely guess'd. 
His body into the fashion of his doublet. —sviriey. —Park Benjamin, 
ATURE made ev’ry fop to plague his brother, 
Just as one beauty mortifies another. —Pope. 
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