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FRIVOLITY. 
LONDON PRIDE. 
Tuis pretty and almost universal border 
plant, is a species of saxifrage. It has received 
the name also of none-so-pretty ; and, if we 
view it with attention, we shall acknowledge 
that its prettily spotted petals, which are painted 
with so much delicacy, fully deserve this appel- 
lation. Notwithstanding its beauty, it;has been 
made the emblem of.a light:and frivolous senti- 
ment, for a. lover would think it an insult to 
his mistress, to present her with a nosegay of 
its flowers. 
FRIVOLOUS AMUSEMENT. 
BLADDER NUT TREE. 
Tue fruit of the bladder nut tree detonates, 
when pressed between the fingers. Idle people 
sometimes partake with children of the frivolous 
amusement which this effect affords. 
