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hibiscus (ftrionum. 
Natural Order: Malvaceae — Mallow Family. 
VANESCENT, as its familiar name indicates, this handsome 
f annual was imported some years since from Italy; its botan¬ 
ical name is made up of the generic hibiscus, or mallow, 
and Trionum, of the constellation known by that name to the 
’Romans, and to us as Charles’s Wain. The flowers are 
similar in shape to the single hollyhock blossom, and are 
a b° u t tw° inches across the top, the petals being a sulphur or green- 
ish yellow, and the base of each a rich maroon brown. There are 
vanous other plants and shrubs under the general name Hibiscus, 
‘^4 some ot which in the South Sea Islands grow sufficiently large to 
be used with the bamboo in the erection of houses, such as the peo¬ 
ple ot that latitude require. They thrive best in moist, sandy soil. 
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'T'RUST not too much to that enchanting face; 
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Beauty’s a charm, but soon the charm will pass. 
—Dry dm. 
'T'HAT transitory flower, even while it lasts, 
* Palls on the roving sense when held too near, 
Or dwelling there too long; by fits it pleases, 
And smells at distance best; its sweets, familiar 
By frequent converse, soon grow dull and cloy you. From the rash hand of bold incontinence. 
— 7 e ff er y ■ —ATit ton. 
TOEAUTY, like the fair Hesperian tree, [guard 
Laden with blooming gold, had need the 
Of dragon-watch with unenchanted eye, 
To save her blossoms and defend her fruit 
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O not idolatrize; beauty’s a flower, 
Which springs and withers almost in an hour. 
— William Smith. 
T OVE raised on beauty will like that decay; 
^ Our hearts may bear its slender chain a day, 
As flow’ry bands in wantonness are worn — 
A morning’s pleasure, and at evening torn. 
TTEAUTY, sweet love, is like the morning dew, 
Whose short refresh upon the tender green 
Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show, 
And straight is gone, as it had never been. 
Pope . 
— Daniel. 
OVE built on beauty, soon as beauty dies; 
Choose this face, changed bv no deformities. 
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— Donne. 
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