. 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. \l sr ^dkborua tlirii&is. Natural Order: RanunculaceceâCrowfoot Family. VERAL plants are known under the name of Hellebore, and though belonging to different and distinct families, they all pos- sess highly poisonous qualities, as the literal translation of their botanical name would signify, "food of death," from t
. 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. \l sr ^dkborua tlirii&is. Natural Order: RanunculaceceâCrowfoot Family. VERAL plants are known under the name of Hellebore, and though belonging to different and distinct families, they all pos- sess highly poisonous qualities, as the literal translation of their botanical name would signify, "food of death," from the com- bination of two Greek words, elein, to cause death (literally to take away), and bora, food. Though fatal in inexperienced hands, they are exceedingly useful in the hands of educated medical men. The ancients were also well acquainted with their merits, as they used them for all " mental diseases, such as madness and idiocy, the best growing on the island of Anticyra in the ^gean ; This variety is from Europe, is about three feet high, with large, nodding flowers, and is grown as an ornamental ATOR might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes; what king so strong Can- tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue? âShakespeare, 'T'HE world with calumny abounds; *- The whitest virtue slander wounds; There are whose joy is, night and day, To talk a character away. âPope, TT7HEN sland'rous tongue thy honor stings. This solace give thee rest: â Whatever fruit the autumn brings, The wasp will choose the best. âG. A, Bitrffer, T HE ignoble mind Loves ever to assail with secret blow The loftier purer beings of their kind. â W. G. Simms. IVTO wound which warlike hand of enemy â ^ Inflicts with dint of sword, so sore doth light As doth the poisonous sting which infamy Infixeth in the name of noble wight; For by no art, nor any leeches' might It ever can received be again. âSpenser, 156. Please note
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