. 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. r 0il£U£ 2lvni£i-ta. Natural Order: CaryophyllaceceâPink 'ARIETIES of this plant to the number of about one hundred, of which perhaps a dozen are indigenous to the United States, have been noted by botanists. It is cultivated as a garden annual, many varieties having been introduced from Europe â the rose-colored from
. 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. r 0il£U£ 2lvni£i-ta. Natural Order: CaryophyllaceceâPink 'ARIETIES of this plant to the number of about one hundred, of which perhaps a dozen are indigenous to the United States, have been noted by botanists. It is cultivated as a garden annual, many varieties having been introduced from Europe â the rose-colored from Sicily, and the red from Portugal, while Russia has furnished a perennial species. They all bloom plenti- ?'folly, and are appropriate for planting in the borders, or for rock- work. The stem is about a foot and a half high, and the flowers mostly a purplish pink, white, and red. Beneath each joint there is a glutinous substance that retains any light insect that touches it. It derives its name from Silenus, the reputed foster-father and drunken '^i companion of Bacchus, who, when caught asleep and encircled with a cordon of flowers by mortals, could be compelled to prophesy; so the ancient Greeks imagined. TTIGH walls and strong the body may conilne, And iron gates obstruct the prisoner's gaze, And massive bolts may baffle his design, And vigilant keepers watch his devious v/ays; Yet scorns the immortal mind this base control! No chains can bind it and no cells enclose; Swifter than light it flies from pole to pole, And in a flash from earth to heaven it goes. C\ LIBERTY! the prisoner's pleasing dream, The poet's muse, his passion and his theme; Genius is thine, and thou art Fancy's nurse; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse; Hei-oic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires. âCoivper. âAiwnymmis, T TE gives the signal of command, â 'â â 'â He waves â he drops â the lifted hand! It was a sound of clashing steel â
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