. 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. r'^ -^1. [ninfttnihtt. X N what thou eiit'st and drinkest seek from thence ^ Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; So thou may'st live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. —-Vi/titi/. /^H thou invisible spirit of wine, If thou hast no name to
. 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. r'^ -^1. [ninfttnihtt. X N what thou eiit'st and drinkest seek from thence ^ Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; So thou may'st live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. —-Vi/titi/. /^H thou invisible spirit of wine, If thou hast no name to be known by, let Us call thee devil. TITINE is like anger; for it makes us strong. Blind and impatient, and it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost, we feel the error long. —Crabbe. ST_i A T T r I. 1 tu • 'A nPHE joy which wine can give, like smokv fires. HALL I, to please another wme-sprung mmd, | s ' . —Shakespeare, Lose all mine own.'' —George Herbert. /^OULD every drunkard, ere he sits to dine. Feel in his head the dizzy fumes of wine, No more would Bacchus chain the willing soul, But loathing horror shun the poison'd bowl. T^HOU sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl! Though lips of bards thy brim may press, And eyes of beauty o'er thee roll, \aj—^jJ" And song and dance thy power confess, I will not touch thee! for there clings A scorpion to thy side, that stings. —John Pierpont. 35 ''% Baal)ari0 t)alimtfoUa. Natural Order: Compositee—Aster Family. HIS shrub is from six to twelve feet high, and grows usually in alluvial soil, which is washed up from the bed of the sea or rivers and deposited on the shore. A white dust covers the leaves and branches, and the flower heads that bear the seeds are furnished with long, slender hairs. The flowers are white, with a tint of purple, and appear during the fall months. It has sufficient beauty to recommend it for cultivation. The name of this shrub is derived from Bacchus, the deity of wine and reveling, bec
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