. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. IpljllSalis !^ll\fl\CnC|i. Natural Order: So/a/nrccicâXig/ils/nn/c Family. ill pi ints this is perhaps the most variously named, heini^ ilkcl indifleiently Ground Cherry, Winter Cherr}-, and Straw- m lonnto The first name is applicable to several of the line ^enus because ot" their habit, bein^ merelv straggling, hubiceous plants of low statuie. It belongs to what is ^ v^ el issed as the Nightshade family, which embraces plants not ' onl} pi educing floweis to gratify the eye, but fruits for the sustenance ^'- ")
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. IpljllSalis !^ll\fl\CnC|i. Natural Order: So/a/nrccicâXig/ils/nn/c Family. ill pi ints this is perhaps the most variously named, heini^ ilkcl indifleiently Ground Cherry, Winter Cherr}-, and Straw- m lonnto The first name is applicable to several of the line ^enus because ot" their habit, bein^ merelv straggling, hubiceous plants of low statuie. It belongs to what is ^ v^ el issed as the Nightshade family, which embraces plants not ' onl} pi educing floweis to gratify the eye, but fruits for the sustenance ^'- ") of man and the pleasing of his palate â as the tomato, potato, and egg plant 1 he \\ intei C herrv is found in gardens and cultivated fields, enous to the soil, though in some instances care is. i 'jlil*'-' £n\en it which ol course improves its qualit\-. The fruit is about the i yjr'' g'^en it which ol Cw,.,,,^ ..â â p,v.,^o , ,.,. ,,^ ...... ,o .. n /\^â' "^'ze of a stiawbeii} or cheny, being 3-ellowish in color, and remains f. s s, on the plant during winter, which explains its second synonym, while the third is sufficiently apparent. The berry is surrounded by a bladder-like calyx, which hides as well as protects it, whence the name Physalis, from the Greek, denoting a bladder. ATOU vow, and swear, and super-praise niv parts, When I am sure you hiite me in your liearts. AH ! many hearts have changed since we two parted, And some we trusted with a fond beheving. And many grown apart as time hath spedâ Have turn'd and stung us to the bosom's core; Till we have almost deem'd that the true-hearted And lite hath seeni'd but as a ^ain deceiving. Abided only with the laithlul dead. From which we turn aside, heart-sick and sore. âMrs. C. .1/. Chandler. AN open foe may pro\'e a curse. But a pretended friend is worse. -Gay. '\\1\WX man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, To seem like truth, whose shape she well can feign, As to descry the crafty, cunning train
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