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jpcilicmtljes tubcrosct. Natural Order: Amcuyllidacccc — Amaryllis Family. 
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|OLIANTHES, denoting city-flower in the original Greek, is a 
j| fine and odoriferous plant, and a native of some of the islands 
ot the Indian Ocean, or perhaps of Mexico, as some think, 
but it has been cultivated in England for upward of two 
h, hundred years, whence in all probability we received it. 
The flowers are tubular in shape, and have the appearance 
of sculptured marble, especially the double ones. They are very 
fragrant, and are borne on a slender stalk about three feet high, which 
rises from the center of the group ot sword-shaped leaves at the base. 
I he root is bulbous or tuberous (whence the common name, which, 
therefore, is not “ tube-rose ”), and blooms but once. The young off¬ 
shoots bloom when two years old. The bulbs, old enough to bloom, 
are very cheap, and can be ordered from any seedsman. They should 
be started in a hotbed, and placed in the garden when all danger of 
frost is over. In very northern latitudes they should be retained in 
the pot, so as to finish their bloom in the house. 
QO sleek her skin, so faultless was her make, 
^ E’en Juno did unwilling pleasure take 
—Dry den. 
To see so fair a rival. 
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jn'ACH sound, too, here to languishment inclin’d, 
Lull’d the weak bosom and induced ease. 
Aerial music in the warbling wind, 
At distance rising oft, by small degrees 
Nearer and nearer came, till o’er the trees 
'T''IIEN stole I up, and trancedly 
Gazed on the Persian girl alone, 
Serene with argent-lidded eyes, 
Amorous, and lashes like to rays 
Of darkness, and a brow of pearl 
Tressed with redolent ebony 
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It hung, and breath’d such soul-dissolving airs, 
As did, alas! with soft perdition please; 
Entangled deep in its enchanting snares, 
The list’ning heart forgot all duties and all cares 
— Thompson. 
In many a dark, delicious curl, 
Flowing beneath her rose-hued zone; 
The sweetest lady of the time, 
Weil worthy of the golden prime 
Of good Haroun Alraschid. 
-Tennyson. 
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