. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. 2lubrom£&a l)I)pnoil)CS. Natukal Order: Ericacea:—Heath Family. EPHEUS, an ancient king of Ethiopia, had a very proud and haughty wife named Cassiopeia, and a daughter Andromeda. His wife was so vain of her beauty that she contested with Juno for the supremacy. For such temerity, Jupiter issued a decree that her daughter should be bound to a rock on the coast, that she might be devoured by sea-monsters. Perseus, a son of Jupiter, and adopted son of the king of Seriphos, undertook an expedition against the Gorgon Medusa,
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. 2lubrom£&a l)I)pnoil)CS. Natukal Order: Ericacea:—Heath Family. EPHEUS, an ancient king of Ethiopia, had a very proud and haughty wife named Cassiopeia, and a daughter Andromeda. His wife was so vain of her beauty that she contested with Juno for the supremacy. For such temerity, Jupiter issued a decree that her daughter should be bound to a rock on the coast, that she might be devoured by sea-monsters. Perseus, a son of Jupiter, and adopted son of the king of Seriphos, undertook an expedition against the Gorgon Medusa, and upon his return discov- ered the luckless Andromeda languishing in the cords that bound her, and after overcoming dangerous obstacles, rescued and married her. Her name was given to a constellation in the heavens, and botanists have also named this little shrub in her T ET wit her sails, her oars let wisdom lend; The helm let politic experience guide: Yet cease to hope thv short-lived bark shall ride Down spreading fate's unnavigable tide. 0 XWILLING I forsook vour friendly state, Commanded bj the gods and forced by fate. THOU who freest me t Long lost and wilder'd present still. m mv doubtful state, the maze of fate! —Pope. —Prior. QOME taste the lotus, and forget ^ What life it was thev lived before; And some stray on the seas and set Their feet on every happy shore; But I — I linger evermore. —Ja)tu\^ Afauricf Thomp^t pATE steals along with ceaseless tread. And meets us oft when least we dread; Frowns in the storm with threatening brow. H" ERE I Here Break the Yet in the si walk the sands at eve. n solitude I grieve, .pells we loved to weave. -Jame^ Franklin. strikes the blow. THE d Fv'n ,./,v. ly too short for my d in the zenith of her ne to the color of my stress; and ni lark domain, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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