. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BERBERRY. The Beech, though perhaps neither so handsome nor so valuable as the oak, yet rivals it in appearance, and grows more rapidly, so rapidly indeed that on that account it might well claim to be the emblem of prosperity, while it deserves to be so regarded for its abundant mast, which in days of yore fattened deer and swine. Beech-nuts yield a sweet oil, which the French peasantry not unwillingly mingle with their diet. THE BERBERRY (Berberis z/^/^arw).—TARTNESS. Sharpness. The B
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BERBERRY. The Beech, though perhaps neither so handsome nor so valuable as the oak, yet rivals it in appearance, and grows more rapidly, so rapidly indeed that on that account it might well claim to be the emblem of prosperity, while it deserves to be so regarded for its abundant mast, which in days of yore fattened deer and swine. Beech-nuts yield a sweet oil, which the French peasantry not unwillingly mingle with their diet. THE BERBERRY (Berberis z/^/^arw).—TARTNESS. Sharpness. The Berberry is an ornament to our shrubberies, when adorned with its pendulous racemes of flowers in spring, or when its bunches of bright red berries are ripe in autumn. The green of the leaves, which are pleasantly acid, has a bluish or yellow tinge. The odour of the flowers is agreeable when somewhat diluted with air, but offensive to our olfactory nerves, if it comes in contact with them when just emitted from the bloom. The fruit is so sharply acid, that birds reject them. They are, nevertheless, valued as garnish, for which purpose they are pickled ; and they form an agreeable pre- serve, when boiled with sugar. The Poles extract a fine yellow dye for leather from the root-bark. The inner bark of the stem when applied to linen, with alum, will dye it yellow. It is asserted by many writers that the Berberry affords shelter and nourishment to an insect {jEcidium Berberidis), which produces rust in corn, so that it is a great foe to the 25. 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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