. 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. irr -^^ Srifolium pi'atmse. Natural Order: Leguminosce â Pulse Family. NOWN more commonly, from one variety, as the Red Clover, this three-leaved product of the meadow (whence its scientific name) iSj next to common grass, the most useful plant to the husbandman for the feeding of his cattle; and of it they are exceedingly fond.


. 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. irr -^^ Srifolium pi'atmse. Natural Order: Leguminosce â Pulse Family. NOWN more commonly, from one variety, as the Red Clover, this three-leaved product of the meadow (whence its scientific name) iSj next to common grass, the most useful plant to the husbandman for the feeding of his cattle; and of it they are exceedingly fond. It is usually grown as a mixture in with other grasses, but sometimes whole fields are devoted to it. such crops should really be grown and stored separately, so as used at discretion, for cattle, as well as people, have a discern- taste, and know as well as we that " variety is the spice of ; blossoms are fragrant, and are very enticing to bees and butter- as well as other honey-loving Jjtb«$lr^* TIKE clocks, one wheel another on must drive â Affairs by diligent labor only thrive. âChapman. AND cheerfully she plodded through ^ *â Her many household cares; And led the flock her father left, To feed upon the hill; And guided them at sunset To the bubbling silver rill; And put them safe in fold at night, And left the watch-dog nigh. That at his honest, angry bark The coward wolf might tly; And train'd the woodbines higher yet Upon the cottage wall. And pruned the roses, where they grew, So sweet and fresh and tall; And planted flowers and strawberries. In her small plot of gi-oundj And painted all the railing green, That fenced her garden 'round. âMrs, Norton, /^FT did the harvest to the sickle yield, ^ Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke; How jocund did they drive their teams afield. How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. â Gray. QHORTLY his fortune shall be lifted higher; True industry doth kindle honor's fire. âShakespear


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