. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BLUE BELL. explode with a loud noise, when pressed between the fingers, and afford a trifling amusement to children. Now and then sedate adults vie with the juveniles in this explosive sport, for which its sentiment has been assigned, perhaps with a degree of contemptuousness which borders on ill-nature. Roman Catholics are said to string them for use as rosaries; and poor people on the Continent form necklaces of the seeds, which are highly polished. THE BLUE BELL {Scilla nonscripta).—
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BLUE BELL. explode with a loud noise, when pressed between the fingers, and afford a trifling amusement to children. Now and then sedate adults vie with the juveniles in this explosive sport, for which its sentiment has been assigned, perhaps with a degree of contemptuousness which borders on ill-nature. Roman Catholics are said to string them for use as rosaries; and poor people on the Continent form necklaces of the seeds, which are highly polished. THE BLUE BELL {Scilla nonscripta).—KINDNESS. This pretty flower, commonly called the Wild Hyacinth, abounds in the spring months in our shady woods. Nowhere have we seen it so profusely blooming, as in the hazel copses around Godalming, a neighbourhood full of picturesque beauty, where, interspersed with the wood anemone, and a host of other flowers, it appears to great advantage. The French call it Jacinthe des Bois, on account of its fondness for woodland shades, a characteristic which Elliott, the Corn-law rhymer, has noticed in his vigorous verse:— " Shade-loving Hyacinth ! thou comest again, And thy rich odours seem to swell the flow Of the lark's song, the redbreast's lovely strain, And the stream's tune ;—best sung where wild flowers blow. And ever sweetest where the sweetest ; Keats, in his poem " Fancy," was mindful of its shade-loving character, and calls the Blue Bell the Queen of May,— " Shaded Hyacinth, alway sapphire Queen of the ; 33 D. 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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