. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ^0%nt%x^nuft. Jpuniia giauatum. Natural Order: Myrtacea:âMyrtle Family. HQl'IRING the protection of glass in the northern climate, the I^onu i^ranate is generally cultivated in greenhouses, while in the ' south ot" Europe it is grown for hedges, being in jts wild state ci tiioiny bush. The flowers are large, handsome, and scarlet ^ ^ ^ ^ in color, both double and single. Its fruit has a hard rind, '^ ^"^ numerous seeds, a soft pulp of fine flavor, and is as large as an orange; while the root j'ields an extract val
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ^0%nt%x^nuft. Jpuniia giauatum. Natural Order: Myrtacea:âMyrtle Family. HQl'IRING the protection of glass in the northern climate, the I^onu i^ranate is generally cultivated in greenhouses, while in the ' south ot" Europe it is grown for hedges, being in jts wild state ci tiioiny bush. The flowers are large, handsome, and scarlet ^ ^ ^ ^ in color, both double and single. Its fruit has a hard rind, '^ ^"^ numerous seeds, a soft pulp of fine flavor, and is as large as an orange; while the root j'ields an extract valuable for its medical properties. Columella, a writer on husbandry in a. d. 42, makes mention of it. Josephus sa3'S, in his Antiquities of the Jews, 'â that the bells on the high priests' robes were the symbols of thunder, and the pome- granates, of ;. Jigl^lntng. R ED liglitnings plav'd n .\nci their demolish'd FROM cl< Till, in cloud to cloud the rending Till, in the furious elemental v Dissolv'd, the whole precipitated 11 Unbroken floods and solid torrent? long the firmament, works to pieces N â i A low reeds bent b\ the streamlet's ide, id hills to the thunder peal replied; The li ghtning bi rst on i s fearful While the heave IS were it in its red arra V. - -WillU Gaylord Clark. took: from the turbid south '-' What floods of flame in red diffusion burst! Frequent and furious, darted thro' the dark. And broken ridges of a thousand clouds. Piled hill on hill; and hark! the thunder rous'd, Groans in long roarings through the distant gloom! -Mallei. 'pHROUGH the air Mountains of clouds, irid summits roll'd, The lightning kindling with its vivid glare Their outlines as thev rose, heap'd fold on fold. â Epes Sar^eul. qpHE win i Impend linds grow high; ling tempests charge the sky; The lightning flies, the thunder roars. And big waves lash the frighted shores. ^^S. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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