THE 
GLOBE AM A RAN TIL 
Botanical Name, Gomphrena globosci. —Class, Pentan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia — Flowers, purple, white and 
variegated .—Native place, India. 
Sentiment. 
UNCHANGEABLENESS. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
We must look to the Globe Amaranth itself 
for the origin of this sentiment, as its flowers 
retain their beauty for several years, ancl are 
in constant requisition for forming the un¬ 
changing wreaths or immortelles with which 
the bereaved mourner decorates the grave of 
the departed one, to shew his unchanging 
affection. 
