. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ptari§«rlA. (HagetCS erccta. Natural Order: Compositce â Aster Family. '^.^ â¢>*-<;,. , »^ ^^^^^'â¼^X^k ARIGOLDS are mostly herbs of tropical America, and iv belong to the same order as the artemisia, chrysanthemum ' ^^^ and China aster, which order is said to comprehend one-ninth of all flowering plants. The Tagetes is named in honor of Tages, an Etrurian deity, a grandson of Jupiter, w h( 1 is said to have sprung from the plowed earth, in the in of a boy, and taught the Etrurians the art of foretelling ev
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ptari§«rlA. (HagetCS erccta. Natural Order: Compositce â Aster Family. '^.^ â¢>*-<;,. , »^ ^^^^^'â¼^X^k ARIGOLDS are mostly herbs of tropical America, and iv belong to the same order as the artemisia, chrysanthemum ' ^^^ and China aster, which order is said to comprehend one-ninth of all flowering plants. The Tagetes is named in honor of Tages, an Etrurian deity, a grandson of Jupiter, w h( 1 is said to have sprung from the plowed earth, in the in of a boy, and taught the Etrurians the art of foretelling events, or divination. A description of so familiar a plant is almost un- tiecessary, as everyone must know it has the yellowest of flowers and an abundance of them, interspersed with plumy foliage. The French Marigold has dark, velvety blossoms, which, varying through the different shades of maroon, are really pretty. All the varieties have a peculiar fragrance, rather balsamic than Â¥ 'tt5lll|. FT those whose cruelty makes many mourn, Do by the fires which they first kindle burn. âEarl of Sterline. N° Y:\ counsel from our cruel ut ills once done, we bea "VrOU are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more, than tigers of Hyrcar âShakespeare "ITTHY didst thou fling thyself acr< â¢'^ My tiger spring must crush th. But cannot pause to pity thee. me be cruel, not unnatural; will speak daggers to her, but LANTASTIC tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke! how cruel is thy dart! t 'pnOU art come to answer A stony adversary, an inhuman â Incapable of pity, void and empty From ev'ry drachm of mercy. âShaltespea. 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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