. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. : and ye have seen,Ky a brook side or solitary tarn,^How she her station doth adorn; the poolGlows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocksAre briglitend round !—Wokdswoetu. 9. But while the Rose family comprehends all the most im-portant of the fruits of the temperate regions, and is distin-guished above all others for its floral charms, its medicinalproperties are quite noted also. Thus the well-known Prussicacid, Avhich, although a powerful poison, is also the basis oflaurel water, exists in abundance in the leaves and kernels of
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. : and ye have seen,Ky a brook side or solitary tarn,^How she her station doth adorn; the poolGlows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocksAre briglitend round !—Wokdswoetu. 9. But while the Rose family comprehends all the most im-portant of the fruits of the temperate regions, and is distin-guished above all others for its floral charms, its medicinalproperties are quite noted also. Thus the well-known Prussicacid, Avhich, although a powerful poison, is also the basis oflaurel water, exists in abundance in the leaves and kernels ofthe plums, cherries, and almonds; and many of the plantsof this family yield a gum which is nearly allied to gumArabic. 6el-id, cold; very cold. 1* Hind, the servant or domestic of a hua Glebe, the soil; the turf. bandman or farmer; a rustic. 5 , pertaining to the forest. * Tabn, a mountain lake. G 2 154 WILLSON S FIFTH EEADER. pAiiT IV. LES. VI.—CAMELLIA, MALLOW, AND CITRON FAMILIES.[ i^xoGENOus or DiooTrLKDONOTJs; Angiospenns; 1. Camellia j ponica^ Japan rose, xv. 12 (a tree in Japan), w. and or., , Gosin/pium heibaceum. Common cotton, xv. 12, y.,4f, Jl., E. Indies. 3. Gris-vipiximHarbaden^e^ Bai-badoes cotton, xv. 12, y., 5 f., S., W. Indies. 4. Althea ro^ea. rommonhollyhock, xv. 12, r. and w., 8 f., Jl -S., China. 5 Malvn ;tckna, Mu3lc-m!iUo\r, , pk., 2 f, \a., Britain. 6. Hibiscus viilitnriK^ Louisiana hibi-^cus. xv. 12, pu., 3f ,, Louisiana. 7. Citrxis xmlnaris^ Seville orange, xii. 1, w., 15 f., , 8. Citrw! limonum, Lemon, xii. 1, w., 15 f., , W. Asia. 9. Citrus liviet-(a. Lime, xii. 1, w., 8 f., , W. Asia. 1. The large, beautiful, and rose-shaped flower called Ja-jjonica, the lohlolly bay of Southern swamps, and the tea-plantof Chhia belong to the Camellia family. The chaste camellias pure and spotless bloom,That boasts no fragrance, and conceals no thorn, was brought from Jap
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