. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ^- I |}etuni(X flrgtllttCt. Natural Okder: Solanacece—Nightshade Family. [ELONGING to the same order of plants as the tobacco, the Petunia is a native of South America, and derives its name from fetun, a name for tobacco among the aborigines of that quarter. Of late years foreign florists have taken infinite , pains to improve it
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ^- I |}etuni(X flrgtllttCt. Natural Okder: Solanacece—Nightshade Family. [ELONGING to the same order of plants as the tobacco, the Petunia is a native of South America, and derives its name from fetun, a name for tobacco among the aborigines of that quarter. Of late years foreign florists have taken infinite , pains to improve it by hybridizing, and have succeeded in producing some that are most exquisite in color, being plain, blotched, or striped, and nearly as double as a rose. This has only been accomplished after numerous discouragements. As the double ones rarely produce seeds, and should they do so would seldom yield double flowers in return, the mode of procedure has been to take the pollen of the double flower and apply it to the stigma of the never- failing single flower, having previously removed the pollen of the latter. The plants must then be grown and allowed to ripen under cover, to be sure that no bee or truant insect, searching for hidden sweets, shall shake off" from its tiny legs any of the pollen that may have adhered while wantoning over single T \ttf four fxtmwi. IVyfY deeds and speeches, sir, Are lines drawn from one center; what I promise To do, I'll do. —Daniel. HE man that is not in the enemies' pow'r, pvIVINEST creature! bright Astrea's daughter! Nor fetter'd by ifiisfortune, and breaks promises, '-^ How shall I honor thee for this success.' Degrades himself; he never can pretend To honor more. — Sir Robert StapTeto7i. JET not thy tongue too often bind thy will, ^-' To render deeds unto thy foe or friend, For words once utter'd thou must erst fulfill. Lest sweetest friendship have inglorious end %. Thy promises are like Adonis's gardens, That one day bl
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