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There is an anecdote connected with the 
pink, which shows how far the mind may be 
led away and debased by the arts of flattery. 
“ The young duke of Burgundy, grandson of 
Louis the Fifteenth, being fond of cultivating 
these flowers, a flatterer persuaded him by sub- 
stituting other pots of pinks for those which 
the prince had reared, that the pinks which he 
planted came up and flourished in one night. 
Thus persuaded, the youthful prince believed 
that Nature obeyed his will. One night, not 
being able to sleep, he expressed a wish to get 
up, but was told that it was then the middle of 
the night ; ‘ Well,’ replied he, ‘I will have it 
he day.’”? 
LUXURY. 
HORSE CHESTNUT, 
Tus magnificent tree was originally brought 
from Endia, and has been naturalised in Europe 
for more than two centuries, but yet we do not 
see it raise ils gorgeous head among our forest 
trees. It is well suited to be an ornament in 
parks; to adorn the castles of our nobility ; 
and to shade the residence of kings; and when 
the geometric style of architecture was in vogue 
in this country a geod deal was planted, as at 
Bushey Park, Canons, Castle Howard, &e, It 


