FLORAL EMBLEMS 
283 
SINGULARITY. 
COCK’S-COMB, OR CRESTED AMARANTH. 
Ceiosia Crist at a. 
-plants, divine and strange. 
That evTy day their blossoms change. 
Ten thousand lovely hues ! 
With budding, fading, faded flowers. 
They stand, the wonder of the bowers. 
From morn to evening dews.” 
O 
This singular amaranth is a native of 
flowery lands, being common in China, Japan, 
and some parts of Persia. 
Singularity is frequently adopted by those 
who have no other claims to public notice; 
but it is justly observed, that to be singular in 
any thing that is wise and worthy, is not a 
disparagement but a praise. 
