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YOU ARE PERFECT, 
PINE APPLE. 
Tue fruit of the pine apple, surrounded by 
its beautiful leaves, and surmounted by a crown 
in which the germ of a plant is concealed, seems 
as though it were sculptured in massy gold. It 
is so beautiful that it appears to be made to please 
the eyes; so delicious that it unites the various 
flavours of our best fruits; and so odoriferous 
that we should cultivate it if it were only for 
its perfume. 
YOU ARE WITHOUT PRETENSION. 
PASQUE FLOWER ANEMONE. 
Tue pasque flower, which bears the Italian 
name of pulsatilia, because its downy seeds 
are driven about by the winds, is covered, 
during the whole summer, with an infinite 
number of little purple or violet-coloured 
flowers, which closely resemble carnations. It 
loves open places, and is well adapted to or- 
nament hilly situations; and requires no atten- 
tion. There isa variety of this species with 
white petals, and another with double flowers. 
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