. 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. M^^ (ilX'ifoliulU VCptnS. Natural Okijer: Legiiii/inosceâPulse Family. -KITE CLOVER, as this plant is usually called, inhabits fi'S all soils, from the luxuriant meadow to the sterile moun- tains, hills or rock}^ places. It is highly useful for pastur- age, and forms the chief food for cattle in some countries. The flowers are wh
. 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. M^^ (ilX'ifoliulU VCptnS. Natural Okijer: Legiiii/inosceâPulse Family. -KITE CLOVER, as this plant is usually called, inhabits fi'S all soils, from the luxuriant meadow to the sterile moun- tains, hills or rock}^ places. It is highly useful for pastur- age, and forms the chief food for cattle in some countries. The flowers are white and odoriferous. Bees are attracted from a considerable distance by it, as it freights the ^air very heavily where it grows in quantities. The Shamrock is an Irish plant, and St. Patrick having chosen it to illustrate to his simple hearers his idea of the Trinity, it became thenceforth the national emblem of Ireland. Brande and Bentham say the Shamrock is the Oxalis acetosella or com- mon wood sorrel, and with some reason, as the White Clover is believed to be of only recent introduction into Ireland, but the above is more gen- erally received. Pliny says no serpent will touch it, which is probably a classic [\^\i '^tntittnt%%. TTACH delighted and delighting, gives â ^ The pleasing ecstacy which each receives. TIIHOM call we gay.' that honor has been long ' ' The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay â the lark is gay, AS poised on vibrant wings, ^ *â Where its sweet treasure swings, The honey-lover clings To the red flowers,â r\ THOU sweet lark, that in the heaven so high ^^ Twinkling thy wings, dost sing so joyfully, I watch thy soaring witli no mean delight; And when at last I turn mine aching eye 274 âPrior. That dries his feathers saturate with dew Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the bean Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest. âCotvper. So, lost in vivid light. So, rapt from day and niglit, I linger in delight, Enraptured
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