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FLAME. 
peculiarly beautiful tints which adorn the 
human face in early youth ; 
The velvet down that spreads the cheek; 
Van Spaendock himself laid down his pencil 
in despair before a bunch of lilac. Nature 
seems to have aimed to produce massy 
bunches of these flowers, every part of which 
should astonish by its delicacy and its varie¬ 
ty. The gradation of colour, from the pur¬ 
ple bud to the almost colourless flowers, is the 
least charm of these beautiful groups, around 
which the light plays and produces a thousand 
shades, which, all blending together in the 
same tint, forms that matchless harmony 
which the painter despairs to imitate, and 
the most indifferent observer delights to be¬ 
hold. What labour has Nature bestowed to 
create this fragile shrub, which seems only 
given for the gratification of the senses! 
What an union of perfume, of freshness, of 
grace, and of delicacy! What variety in 
detail! What beauty as a whole ! 
FLAME. 
YELLOW IRIS. 
Amid its waving swords, in flaming gold 
The iris towers. c. smith. 
The Iris Germanica are rustic plants, 
which the German peasants love to grow on 
