. 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. IF^' f. w HEN vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. âAddison. QIN, like a bee, unto thy hive may bring ^ A little honey,' but N" 'T^HERE dwelleth in the sinlessness of youth honey,' but expect the sting. âWatkyiis. A sweet rebuke that vice may not endure. âMrs. Evibitry. O penance c
. 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. IF^' f. w HEN vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. âAddison. QIN, like a bee, unto thy hive may bring ^ A little honey,' but N" 'T^HERE dwelleth in the sinlessness of youth honey,' but expect the sting. âWatkyiis. A sweet rebuke that vice may not endure. âMrs. Evibitry. O penance can absolve our guilty fame. Nor tears, that wash out sin, can wash out shame. âPrior. AH, me! from real happiness we stray, /^ROWS are fair with crows; "^ By vice bewilder'd; vice, which always leads, ^ Custom in sin gives sin a lovely dye; However fair at first, to wilds of woe. âThompson. Blackness in Moors is no deformitv. âDekl-ei â pALSEHOOD and fraud grow up in every soil. r The products of all climes. âAddison. T NE'E ^ That :'ER heard yet, That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did, Than to perform at first. âSliaiesfeare. A 7" ICE is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; tip?â Yet seen too oft, familiar with her lace, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. âPope. /"^OUNT all the advantage prosperous vice attains, ^ 'Tis but what virtue flies from, and disdains. âPapr. 112 CoUuin perEime. Natural OnDjiK: Graminecc â Grass Family. HE Darnel is a grass of a shining green, found naturalized in cultivated fields and meadows, and is sometimes called Ray or Rye Darnel. It is of perennial growth, the stalk being from one to two feet in height. The Poisonous Darnel is a plant similar to the above in appearance, the seeds, which are poisonous, distinguishing it from all other grasses or grains, as it is the only one recognized with that pernicious quality. The seeds of the first spec
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