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YOU ARE PERFECT. 
PINE APPLE. 
The fruit of the pine apple, surrounded 
by its beautiful leaves, and surmounted by a 
crown in which the germ of a plant is con¬ 
cealed, seems as though it were sculptured 
in massy gold. It is so beautiful that it ap¬ 
pears to be made to please the eyes ; so de¬ 
licious that it unites the various flavours of 
our best fruits; and so odoriferous that we 
should cultivate it if it were only for its per¬ 
fume. 
YOU ARE WITHOUT PRETENSION. 
PASQUE FLOWER ANEMONE. 
The pasque flower, which bears the 
Italian name of pulsatilla, because its downy 
seeds are driven about by the winds, is co¬ 
vered, during the whole summer, with an 
infinite number of little purple or violet- 
coloured flowers, which closely resemble car¬ 
nations. It loves open places, and is well 
adapted to ornament hilly situations ; and 
requires no attention. There is a variety of 
this species with white petals, and another 
with double flowers. 
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