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CjMCiutljllS orientalis. Natural Order: Liliacecz—Lily Family. 
VERY one is familiar with the Hyacinth, which is a great 
favorite and is very generally cultivated, both in the house 
and garden. The bulb is large and purple, having several 
lanceolate leaves which stand erect. The flower-stalk is about 
y^twice the height of the leaves, and beautified with many bell¬ 
like blossoms, varying in color in the different varieties. It is 
said to have received its name from Hyacinthus, a boy beloved by 
Apollo, and with whom he was playing quoits, when Zephyrus, who 
also loved the youth, becoming jealous and enraged, “blew the quoit 
which Apollo had cast against the head of Hyacinthus, thereby caus¬ 
ing his death.” Apollo then changed his blood into the above flower. 
It is a native of the Levant, but has long been cultivated in Europe 
and America. 
■QEIIOLD the blood which late the grass had dy’d, 
\v a s now no blood; from which a flower full blown, 
Far brighter than the Tyrian scarlet shone, 
Which seem’d the same, or did resemble right 
A lily, changing but the red to white. —Ovid. 
T)UT there are storms whose lightnings never 
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Tempests, whose thunders never cease to roll: 
The storms of love when madden’d to despair — 
The furious tempests of the jealous soul. 
— Isaac Clason. 
T70UL jealousy! that turnest love divine 
To joyless dread, and mak’st the loving heart 
With hateful thoughts to languish and to pine, 
And feed itself with self-consuming smart: 
Of all the passions in the mind thou vilest art. 
— Spenser. 
/W JEALOUSY! thou merciless destroyer, 
V' More cruel than the grave! what ravages 
Does thy wild war make in noblest bosoms! —Mallet. 
AS envy pines at good possessed, 
L*- So jealousy looks forth distressed 
On good that seems approaching; 
And if success his steps attend, 
Discerns a rival in a friend, 
And hates him for encroaching. 
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