. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. M^ Star 0f getWjeliem. (Oniitl)Ot\aluiU lllllbcllatUin. Natlhai, Ordkk: Liliacccc â JJIy Family. ENTIONED by Pliny, author ot" a Natural History, who flourished a. u. 77, the Ornithogalum has given rise to ^c^ much comment as to the origin ot' its name. It is deri\ed from two Greek words, ornithoi. a hird. and iiahi. milk â a most singular combination, sureh': and we cannot ⢠' help suggesting the following theoiy: The Greeks had a ]init\ and poetic conceit, that in spring a certain wind blew, and with it brought the
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. M^ Star 0f getWjeliem. (Oniitl)Ot\aluiU lllllbcllatUin. Natlhai, Ordkk: Liliacccc â JJIy Family. ENTIONED by Pliny, author ot" a Natural History, who flourished a. u. 77, the Ornithogalum has given rise to ^c^ much comment as to the origin ot' its name. It is deri\ed from two Greek words, ornithoi. a hird. and iiahi. milk â a most singular combination, sureh': and we cannot ⢠' help suggesting the following theoiy: The Greeks had a ]init\ and poetic conceit, that in spring a certain wind blew, and with it brought the birds of passage to gladden their bowers with song, and this wind the}^ named ornifJiias, or bird-wind. Now the Star of Bethlehem blooms in April and May, about the tinie of the \ birds' return, thus poetically is seen a flower greeting the birds: a flower, too, which is of an opaque white, or milk color. The English name is from the shape of the blossom. The bulbs fre- quently attain a great I^jtantilialion* I "VTOR did he doubt lier mo e. ^^ But rested in lier fcaltv. till he crowned A happy lilc Avitli a fair death. -T,ââyso TT7HOM but Maud si ' * .\nd she touched m ould I meet- ^ â hand with a smile so sweet * * ELL do vanish The charms ol She made me divine an lends And dearer seems e: For a courtesy not rcti I WOULD have my love ^ Angry sometimes, to swee laving lost its 1 ten otf the rest or her behavior. -Be, 7o» '< AND didst flwH ^ And / did n «eei-. She called t ot console.' Our spirits rush hed together, glad And swift as llame to tiame. 386 Dora Greenwell,. 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 Turner, Cordelia Harris. New York, T. MacCoun
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