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of their cottages. When these beautiful flowers 
are agitated by the breeze, and the sun gilds 
their petals, tinting them with hues of gold, pur- 
ple, and azure, they have the appearance of light 
and perfumed flames, glistening over the rustic 
dwellings. This appearance has gained the 
flower the name of “ Flaming Iris.’’ 
FLATTERY. 
VENUS’ LOOKING-GLASS. 
As soon as the sun sheds its golden light 
upon our corn fields, we see shining in the 
midst, the bright purple corollas of the starry 
flowers of this pretty species of campanula, 
which, from its resemblance to a mirror, has 
been named Venus’ looking-glass. If the 
sun’s rays be intercepted by clouds, these beau- 
tiful flowers immediately close, as at the ap- 
proach of night. There is an ancient fable 
which tells us that Venus accidentally let one 
of her mirrors fall on the earth. A shepherd 
found it, and casting his eyes upon the glass, 
which had the power of adorning the object it 
reflected, he forgot his mistress, and had no 
other wish than to admire himself. Love, who 
feared the consequences of so foolish an error, 
broke the glass, and transformed the remains 
into this pretty plant. 

