. 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. En&bakta loc'miata. Natural Order: ComfositcB—Aster Family. ERY properly this plant has been dedicated to Olaus Rudbeck, a celebrated botanist of Upsal, Sweden, a man unequaled in the ardor and zeal with which he prosecuted his botanical researches. His son, of the same name, followed in his foot- steps, and was scarcely less
. 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. En&bakta loc'miata. Natural Order: ComfositcB—Aster Family. ERY properly this plant has been dedicated to Olaus Rudbeck, a celebrated botanist of Upsal, Sweden, a man unequaled in the ardor and zeal with which he prosecuted his botanical researches. His son, of the same name, followed in his foot- steps, and was scarcely less distinguished. The Swedes have a taste for the science, and Linnaeus, one of the greatest of naturalists, was a countryman of the Rudbecks. His reputation has somewhat overshadowed the earlier workers. The Rudbeckia is a tall plant, resembling the sunflower, and is found growing freely around swamps and ditches throughout the United States and Canada, and blooms from August to "XITHAT stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. —Shakespeare. 'pHOUGH with tardy step Celestial justice comes, that step is sure. Unerring is her bolt, and where it falls, Eternal will the ruin be. —Samuel Hays. TUSTICE, when equal scales she holds, is blind, J Nor cruelty, nor mercy, change her mind: When some escape for that which others die, Mercy to those, to these is cruelty. -De„kam. \ HAPPY lot be thine, and larger light Await thee there; for thou hast bound thy will In cheerful homage to the rule of right. And lovest all, and doest good for ill. —Bryant. 'TPHE sun of justice may withdraw his beams Awhile from earthly ken, and sit concealed In dark recess, pavilioned round with clouds; Yet let not guilt presumptuous rear her crest. Nor virtue droop despondent; soon these clouds, Seeming eclipse, will brighten into day, And in majes
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