. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE CROWN IMPERIAL. " And presently the Crocus heard their greeting, and awoke, And donned with care her golden robe and emerald-coloured cloak; ******* The Crocus brought her sisters too, the purple, pied, and white ; And the redbreast warbled merrily above the flowerets ; Bernard Barton looked upon it as an emblem of the leaf which the dove brought to Noah in the ark, when hoping for the subsidence of the waters, and thus addressed it:— " Thine is the flower of hope,
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE CROWN IMPERIAL. " And presently the Crocus heard their greeting, and awoke, And donned with care her golden robe and emerald-coloured cloak; ******* The Crocus brought her sisters too, the purple, pied, and white ; And the redbreast warbled merrily above the flowerets ; Bernard Barton looked upon it as an emblem of the leaf which the dove brought to Noah in the ark, when hoping for the subsidence of the waters, and thus addressed it:— " Thine is the flower of hope, whose hue Is bright with coming ; So poets, and all who delight in flowers, have felt a gush of pleasure when these bright things have first presented them- selves in the parterre, a promise of the coming spring. THE CROWN IMPERIAL {Fritillaria Imperialis).— Power. Fritillaria, the generic name of the chequered Daffodil, or Snake's-head Lily, was given to it from its resemblance to the Roman dice- box. Our indigenous species is called Meleagris, because its markings are like those of Guinea-fowl, hence we find people speaking of it as the Guinea-hen flower. Its tulip-shaped cup hangs down inverted, which has given rise to the absurd name of " The Drooping Young Man," in some parts of the country. It is a common plant in Norfolk and Suffolk, and we have met with it in Cambridge- shire. It was at one time so abundant near Kew, that a meadow between that royal residence and Mortlake, retains 63. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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