. 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. w *5i (3Sr JJwnta biscolor. Natural Order: BegonlaceaâBegonia Family. EGONIAS were so named by the French Botanist, Plumier, in honor of Michael Begon, a governor of Santo Domingo, and a patron of science. They are natives of Jamaica, Brazil, the East and West Indies, and other tropical countries. The large-leaved varieties have
. 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. w *5i (3Sr JJwnta biscolor. Natural Order: BegonlaceaâBegonia Family. EGONIAS were so named by the French Botanist, Plumier, in honor of Michael Begon, a governor of Santo Domingo, and a patron of science. They are natives of Jamaica, Brazil, the East and West Indies, and other tropical countries. The large-leaved varieties have been vulgarly called Elephant's Ears, which they may perhaps resemble m shape, but the exquisite beauty of their coloring eliminates from the mind every ugly and unpleasant synonym. Some of them are a dark green with a band of silver, or groupings of silver blotches; or again entirely bronze, according to the individual plant. This species is grown chiefly for its foliage; the flowers are mostly white or faintly tinted, blooming on short stems. There are several kinds, however, with small waxy leaves that make a splendid appearance when in bloom, being hand- some in color and of fine texture. The stems of the large foliage variety are very much bfarmil^* QHE did corrupt frail nature with some bribe ^ To shrink mine arm up like n wither'd shrub, To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to make my body; To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part Like to a chaos. âShakespeare. AMI ^ In to blame if nature threw mv bodv so perverse a mold? yet when she cast Her envious hand upon my supple joints, Unable to resist, and rumpled them On heaps in their dark lodging; to revenge Her bungled work, she stamped my mind more fair. â PVEFORMITY is daring; It is its essence to o'ertake mankind By heart and soul, and make itself the equal â Ay, the superior of the rest. There is A spur in its halt movements, to become All that other
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