THE HOLLYHOCK. 
Botanical Name, Althaea rosea. —Class, Monadelphia. 
—Order, Polyandria ,— Floivers, white, variegated.— 
Native place, China. 
Sentiment. 
AMBITION. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
From its very numerous flowers, this lias 
often been the emblem of fecundity ; but we 
prefer the more obvious, and, in floral lan¬ 
guage, the more useful idea, which we have 
chosen, which is quite admissible, and, in¬ 
deed, quite appropriate. The towering cha¬ 
racter of the plant, obtruding its flowers above 
