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“^ARIGOLDS are mostly herbs of tropical America, and 
belong to the same order as the artemisia, chrysanthemum 
and China aster, which order is said to comprehend 
one-ninth of all flowering plants. The Tagetes is named in 
honor of Tages, an Etrurian deity, a grandson of Jupiter, 
> J 0 txu w ho is said to have sprung from the plowed earth, in the 
|f form of a boy, and taught the Etrurians the art of foretelling events, 
or divination. A description of so familiar a plant is almost un¬ 
necessary, as everyone must know it has the yellowest of flowers 
and an abundance of them, interspersed with plumy foliage. The 
French Marigold has dark, velvety blossoms, which, varying through 
I"' the different shades of maroon, are really pretty. All the varieties 
j iave a peculiar fragrance, rather balsamic than otherwise. 
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FT those whose cruelty makes many mourn, 
Do by the fires which they first kindle burn. 
—Earl of Sterline. 
O counsel from our cruel wills can win us, 
But ills once done, we bear our guilt within us. 
—John Ford. 
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A70U are more inhuman, more inexorable, 
A O, ten times more, than tigers of Hyrcania. 
— Shakespeare. 
"IT THY didst thou fling thyself across my path? 
* My tiger spring must crush thee in its way, 
But cannot pause to pity thee. — Maturin. 
TET me be cruel, not unnatural; 
I will speak daggers to her, but use none. 
— Shakespeare. 
ly'ANTASTIC tyrant of the amorous heart, 
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How hard thy yoke! how cruel is thy dart! 
— Prior. 
'T'HOU art come to answer 
A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, 
Incapable of pity, void and empty 
From ev’ry drachm of mercy. 
— Shakespeare. 
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