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Coasa latmtia. Natural Order: Loasacece — Loasa Family. 
^ORMING a class of plants by themselves, the Loasas give 
their name to an order of which there have been discovered 
about seventy species; and those of peculiar beauty. Some 
of them recline their long, branching stems upon the ground, 
® like the golden bartonia; others, like the Loasa, grow to a 
^ greater length, and have more aspiring natures, rendering them 
especially fine for the covering of trellises, arbors, or rock work. The 
f flowers are curious; the outer petals, of which there are five, have 
each a hooded appearance, while within the center are five more of 
fp a different shape, the whole being filled with numerous stamens, like 
a delicate fringe. In training the plant, gloves should be used, as 
the hairs with which the plant is covered produce a stinging sensa- 
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tion. The blossoms are red or yellow. Pleasures, like this plant, 
require some precaution in handling, lest they sting in the enjoyment. 
F)LEASURE with instruction should be joined; 
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So take the corn, and leave the chaff behind. 
—Dry den. 
T) UT pleasures are like poppies spread — 
^ You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; 
Or like the snow-fall in the river,— 
A moment white, then lost forever. 
— Burns. 
'T'HERE rich varieties of jov 
Continual feast the mind; 
Pleasures which fill, but never cloy, 
Immortal and refined. 
— Anne Steele. 
ATfE may roam through this world like a child at a feast, 
** Who but sips of a sweet and then flies to the rest; 
And when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, 
We may order our wings and be off to the west. 
— Moore. 
AND while the face of outward things we find 
1 Pleasant and fair, agreeable and sweet, 
,r piS time short pleasure now to take, 
*- Of little life the best to make, 
These things transport. 
—Sir y. Davies. 
And manage wisely the last stake. 
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~ Cowley. 
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