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SUNFLOWER. 
>-i.I.SE aiCHES. 
"hr* Si' -lon'or had been thus named from the rc 
i -f'h'.iiP ', .. Ikioh its broad golden disk and surroimo- 
uii . f i-fir u» the son. On this account it Avas 
■; n its nati-- o ccuntry by the Peruvians, who wor- , 
iba' !',mii;ary — the virgins who ofliciated in 
P.e Tnepi. ^ the Sun, being crowned with Sun- 
r.i pore gold, wearing them also at their 
! ^^^drryiur them in their hands. These 
yr-tde- 6owc..., reflecting the rays of their deity, 
feriue i a scene of dazzling brilliancy. Ihe fir^ 
‘‘i A-.iarJs who errivcJ in Peru were amazed at this 
display of gold, but they v/ere still more 
.y .iumishtd when in May they beheld whole 
with these flowers, which they concludre !*• 
sight to be composed of the same precious rnetai. 
Th.- Sunflower has been made the emblem of ffore 
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