The Greek meh IBISKOS, from which it is derived, is trans- 1 that een Which 
te wild gr woodland Mallow Althea.” Nicod t 
k 3 ia 
body of our Saviour. John 
0 or aD xix. 39, 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
POPULAR NAME, FRENCH MIGNONETTE, 
ALYSSUM MARITIMUM. 
Class 15.—TETRADYNAMIA 
. Linn, 
srrqvose. 
der,—SILICULOSA 
Ni 
CRUCIFERZ. 
d fi k ALUS= 
‘0 be mad. The whys and wherefores may a canine ke 
iesoovrercd: it kare Jebomesery pay aoa little flower, inferior 
sea to the Reseda Odorat ragrance, with a Satties 
fa pure white 
wth is dese rvedly a ete 2 ypradin an ever ready blossom to 
repay the care of culture—and forms one of the component 
i = ono in een One of its popular names is, 
French Mie 
r bloom 
— h species enumerated—some 
The ‘than 
of them tnbigiiic s to Am 
or pellow. Fhe lowers four talled, flat cruciform win, 
The fable of Althea and h » being read in a cw a oR fat, cruciform, growing 
my vcr “te the time that the shrub Althea 
t it _~ — overlooked in the pong of 
ned to in 
AMARANTH. 
hi ul nymph Atalan ta—his consuming AMARANTHUS. 
way, as the fatal here was burned—by t we Dindeb nis 
dor, suggested the emblem of “* Consumed by ‘Love. be ae chy’ sogy amar 
uss 
i AMARANTH. 
Amaranthus, L.—Greek AMARANTOS, formed from a, oe 
= ALOE, MARAINO, (to fade,) = wintery (a flower,) or from a, not, 
Class 6.—HEXANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. | and maRarno, to fade— oe, ever fair, ever young. 
at. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. Milton mentions this ead forming the diadem of the 
LILIA CORONARI®, ASPHODELI. angels: 
alos L, Geack ALOE. = With solemn adoration down they cast 
33. +, +} heir 
Cape of Good Hope, 
ur - the species furnish the stimulating bitter medi- 
fo hops, which is made by boiling the leaves toa 
suitable consistenc -Y> 8 and ex ne the decoction to such heat 
d part The Afri pane a spake e ropes o 
mmor mortal ch Amaranth, a ‘feane wh 
YP 
e lea aves, W. 
through mi mids ar en 
owe! a am 
With these, that never fade the saute ee 
tase Aloe, Aloe Dicho f 7 ? ‘d im 
the Cape of Good Hope, with an ps stem, two —e high, sind their corte ent locks, inwreath’d with beams. 
is h out by the na! } 
e species iat Ea has described the Thessali wearing crowns ed 
maranth at the funeral of Achit ie.  Mfiton, also, — 
cidas 
res esr a +» and manufacture it into rockings ham- 
mocks, 
bh et et be b> Se 
= 7 
Coe cheiins 
But — in se above, “Bid pee is att he auty shed, 
Hi lasting dloes threw 3 
sult And daffodillies se aie cups with tears, 
f heaven, and g laureate hearse where Lycid lies.” 
As ites) cise date spirit grew, The unfading nat of wt flower, we may suppose the em- 
ling 4 7 ~ oe every hue. - blem of nine och the immortality of the soul, &c. 
> iS a The Amaranth adapta the calyx is = ta Aig ‘es 
abound with the Aloes of diminutiv ” the degiete lanceolate a : J. ‘ 
has no calyx: corolla one- i i er Ameri 
small; nectarious at the The A. Tricolor, CtratGt ihe Fost Indies, is admired on 
Pomme account variegated colors of its leaves, rein as 
. Qerard tells us, th 
‘among ‘ah Sndecanaticlh, ox d particularly in Egypt, the Aloe s 
ted the ices of re- with its of red, yellow Bots nlaayes 
is a mgs * Aton g plant, and dedicat to the o ripe ‘ “re Prince's sone, 
fe ages t hol ia isa native o of Virginia, as are 
saperstios gine that it has the virtue of A Eieeren of mot of te species of Amotanth are ted 5 
aes ouses. Even the Christians plants, but are not equal to the spinach, 
; nee for this dg ae i 
