seer 
ttallyhock. 
Althea: rosea. Natura OrveEr: Malvacee—Mallow Family. 
tending flower of our ancestors there is a marked difference. 
Formerly its single blossoms used to cluster around the stalk 
as it grew beside the cabin of the early settler or mingled 
= = vane with the humble flowers in the dooryard of the villager. The 
Ces Ser Hollyhock of today—how supurb! Ruffle after ruffle has it 
ie added to its rosette, so silky and soft, until it is full to repletion, 
Mel and close has it crowded them along its tall stem; step by step has 
it advanced to the lawn, gaining admiration as it approached the acme 
of its perfection. The colors of the blossoms are various. The plants 
look well grouped, or planted in rows, or arranged as a background 
to lower-growing plants. It blooms the second year from the seed, or 
can be propagated by dividing the root. 
S Ambition. 
MBITION is an idol on whose wings 
Great minds are carried only to extreme: 
To be sublimely great, or to be nothing. 
— Southern. 
MBITION is at a distance E not with honor’s gilded baits beguiled, 
A goodly prospect, tempting to the view; Nor think ambition wise, because ’tis brave; 
The height delights us, and the mountain top For though we like it, as a forward child, 
Looks beautiful because ’tis nigh to heaven. ‘Tis so unsound, her cradle is her grave. 
—Otway. — Sir W. Davenant. 
HO soars too near the sun, with golden wings, 
Melts them;—to ruin his own fortune brings. 
— Shakespeare. 
HERE ambition of place goes before fitness OU have deeply ventured, 
Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow. But all must do so who would greatly win. 
—George Chapman, —Byron. 
MBITION is a spirit in the world, 
That causes all the ebbs and flows of nations. 
—Crown, 
cae se ae 
