“a 
Tuberase, 
Polianthes tuberosa. Naturat Orver: Amaryllidacea—Amaryllis Family. 
fine and odoriferous plant, and a native of some of the islands 
of the Indian Ocean, or perhaps of Mexico, as some think, 
but it has been cultivated in England for upward of two 
They are very 
eae and are borne on a slender stalk about ide feet high, which 
rises from the center of the group of sword-shaped leaves at the base. 
The root is bulbous or tuberous (whence the common name, which, 
therefore, is not “tube-rose”), and blooms but once. The young off- 
shoots bloom when two years old. The bulbs, old enough to bloom, 
are very cheap, and can be ordered from any seedsman. They should 
be started in a hotbed, and placed in the garden when all danger of 
frost is over. In very northern latitudes they should be retained in 
the pot, so as to finish their bloom in the house. 
Volupiuorsness., 
O sleek her skin, so faultless was her make, 
E’en Juno did unwilling pleasure take 
To see so fair a rival. —Dryden. 
ACH sound, too, here to languishment inclin’d, It hung, and breath’d such soul-dissolving airs, 
Lull’d the weak bosom and inducéd ease. As did, alas! with soft perdition please; 
Aerial music in the warbling wind, Entangled deep in its enchanting snares, 
At distance rising oft, by small degrees The list’ning heart forgot all duties and all cares 
Nearer and nearer came, till o’er the trees —Thompson. 
HEN stole I up, and trancédly In many a dark, delicious curl, 
Gazed on the Persian girl alone, Flowing beneath her rose-hued zone; 
Serene with argent-lidded cyes, The sweetest lady of the time, 
Amorous, and lashes like to rays Weil worthy of the golden prime 
Of darkness, and a brow of pearl Of good Haroun Alraschid. 
Ft Tressed with redolent ebony —Tennyson. / 
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