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MARVEL OF PERU. 
TIMIDITY. 
This beautiful plant was first brought to Spain 
from Peru, and received its name from the won- 
derful diversity of colours in the flowers on the 
same root, 
Changing from the splendid rose 
To the pale violet's dejected hue. 
Akenside. 
The French call it Belle de Wirit, because its flow- 
ers, apparently too timid to expand, even to a 
European meridian sun, open and give out their 
fragrance at night only. 
The Marvel of Peru retains its beauty for a great 
length of time, being frequently covered with blos- 
soms from the beginning of July to the end of October, 
and the flowers are so numerous that the plants have 
a most cheerful appearance, particularly towards 
evening, as they rarely expand in warm weather 
