. 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. %%V^niint. .lHosa rubigmaaa. Natural Order: RosaceaâRose Family. USTY ROSE is the literal meaning of the Latin botanical name of this shrubby plant, the epithet rusty being applied because of the parasitic fungus that attaches to it. Familiarly known as the Sweetbrier, or Eglantine, it is one of our sweetest native roses, so simp
. 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. %%V^niint. .lHosa rubigmaaa. Natural Order: RosaceaâRose Family. USTY ROSE is the literal meaning of the Latin botanical name of this shrubby plant, the epithet rusty being applied because of the parasitic fungus that attaches to it. Familiarly known as the Sweetbrier, or Eglantine, it is one of our sweetest native roses, so simple and unpretending that it has a home in the hearts of all lovers of plants. A golden Eglantine, a violet and marigold constituted the three prizes at the Floral Games of Tou- louse, the most ancient in Europe, which still survive, with the addition of four other prizes, after the lapse of more than four hundred years. Planted beneath our windows and around our doors, it freights the atmosphere with its odor, and gratifies the eye with its delicate blos- soms. There are many varieties cultivated, some of which are double. Its stem is armed with stout thorns, and the color of the berry when ripe is orange lom^. TJOME is the sphere of harmony and peace, The spot where angels find a resting place, When, bearing blessings, they descend to earth. âMrs. Hale, rOME is the resort "T^IS sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark TJ^ â¢'â Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home; â '^ * Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where. 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come. âByron. Supporting and supported, polish'd friends And dear relations mingle into bliss. â Thompson. T LOVE that dear old home! my mother lived there 'â Her first sweet married years, and last sad widow'd ones. The sunlight there seems to me brighter far Than wheresoever else. I know the forms Of every tree and mountain, hill and deil; Its waters gur
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