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Tiger Flower, 
Cigridia pavania. NATURAL OrvDER: Jridacee— Tris Family. 
ERE is a bulbous plant that is a great favorite for garden cul- 
ture. The bulbs are placed in the ground in May or June, 
and grow without further care. The soil should cover them 
wise veins. The opens are often more than five inches 
across, though generally about four. They are superbly brilliant in 
their colors, and, though lasting but a few hours, new ones appear 
daily for a considerable length of time. The stalk on which they are 
borne is about a foot and a half high. The Tigridia pavonia (peacock- 
like) is a rich scarlet, spotted with yellow. There are one or two other 
varieties with flowers equally desirable, being very rich in their mark- 
ings. The bulbs should be lifted in the fall, and be kept dry and free 
from an to be planted again in the spring. 
Prite Getriend (Qe! 
TERN and erect his brow was rais’d; 
Whate’er the grief his soul avow’d, 
He would not shrink before the crowd. 
—Byron. 
bee offer, and I’ll suffer, no abuse, PITE of all the fools that pride has made, 
Because I’m proud; pride is of mighty use. ’Tis not on man a useless burthen laid; 
The affectation of a pompous name, Pride has ennobled some, and some disgraced: 
Has oft set wits and heroes in a flame: It hurts not in itself, but as ’tis placed ; 
Volumes, and buildings, and dominions wide. When right, its views know none but virtue’s bound: 
Are of the noble monuments of pride. When wrong, it scarcely looks one inch around. 
—Crown. i —Stilling fleet. 
WILL from henceforth rather be myself, 
Mighty, and to be fear’d, than my condition, 
Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down, 
And therefore lost that title of respect 
Which the proud soul ne’er pays but to the proud. 
— Shakespeare, 
