^Igrosteinina gitljago. Natural Order: Caryofihyllacca:—Pink Family. 
ROWING uncultivated in fields of grain, this plant is nearly 
* allied to the species of Lychnis that are grown in the flower 
garden. The stem is from two to three feet high, with foliage 
of a pale green, and the leaves three or four inches in length. 
^ The flowers are rather pretty, though not brilliant, being in 
" s color somewhat of a dull purple. Its name, Agrostemma, 
signifies crown of the field, derived from the Greek; and the epithet 
githago is allied to gith, the Welsh name for Corn Cockle. 
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arlfy flbiituj JbmUij. 
FATAL beauty! why art thou bestow’d 
On hapless woman still to make her wretched? 
Betrayed by thee, how many are undone. —Patterson. 
TYEAUTY, like ice, our footing does betray; 
Who can tread sure on the smooth, slip’ry way? 
Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on, 
And see the dangers which we cannot shun. 
— Dry den. 
’'T'IS not a set of features or complexion 
A The tincture of a skin I admire, 
Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, 
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. 
— Addison. 
TTTHY did the gods give thee a heavenly form, 
* * And earthly thoughts to make thee proud of it? 
Why do I ask? ’Tis now' the known disease 
That beauty hath, to bear too deep a sense 
Of her own self-conceived excellence. —Jonson. 
■QEAUTY, my lord, ’tis the worst part of woman 
A weak, poor thing, assaulted ev’ry hour 
By creeping minutes of defacing time; 
A superficies, which each breath of care 
Blasts off; and ev’ry hum’rous stream of grief, 
Which flows from forth these fountains of our eyes 
Washeth aw^ay, as rain doth winter’s snow. 
—Goffe. 
'T'HINK not, ’cause men flat’ring say, 
^ Y’ are fresh as April, sweet as May, 
Bright as the morning star, 
That you are. —Carew. 
TAEAUTY is excell’d by manly grace, 
And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. 
—Milton. 
f)EAUTY, fair flower, upon the surface lies, 
But worth with beauty soon in aspect vies. —Sappho. 
