. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE ACANTHUS. Acanthus as an ornament of the bower of our first parents in the garden of Eden, for he says:— " The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew, Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant ; The motto of CaUimachus, if he ever adopted one, must have been with reference to his art, " Excelsior," for he never satisfied his own ideal by the work he produced
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE ACANTHUS. Acanthus as an ornament of the bower of our first parents in the garden of Eden, for he says:— " The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew, Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant ; The motto of CaUimachus, if he ever adopted one, must have been with reference to his art, " Excelsior," for he never satisfied his own ideal by the work he produced, but was ever aspiring after something of greater elegance and beauty than that which he had achieved. The Acanthus delights in a hot climate, and to grow on the banks of large rivers. From a French writer we learn that it is found on the shores of the Nile ; " le Nil du vert Acanthe admire le feuillage ;" yet it thrives well with us. Pliny says that it is wonderfully well suited for a border plant and an ornament of our lawns. Chasers and carvers among the ancients, whose taste is very remarkable, decorated furniture, vases, and the most valuable dresses, with designs suggested by the foliage of the Acanthus. The poet Virgil speaks of the robe of the fair but frail Helen as being bordered with a garland of Acanthus wrought in relief; and when he wishes to praise works of art of much value, it is the Acanthus with which they are decorated, " Alcimedon duo pocula fecit, Et molli circum est ansas amplexus Acantho ;'' 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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