70 THE FLOWER VASE. 
HIBISCUS. 
Hibiscus. Class 16. — Order 13. 
A kind of Mallows. Flowers white and purple, or a 
faint straw-color and purple. 
Beauty is vain. 
Seek for beauty if thou wilt, 
But mark the quality; not that which shines_ 
From human face divine, and gains applause 
From gaping starers —that which fools admire, 
And seek no other — but that higher kind 
Which earth not only approbates, but heaven; 
Pure, bright, celestial! Beauty of the soul — 
Beauty of holiness! 
J. G. Adams. 
