. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ®0itr£< Cagcnaiia Natural Order: CucurbitaccceâGourd Family. NOWN scientifically as Lagenaria, from the Latin lagcna, a bottle, the common Bottle Gourd, or Calabash, is familiar to all. It grows like a round ball, gradually extended into a handle. When ripened, a slice is cut from one side, and the seeds are â ^removed, thus forming a very convenient vessel for dipping y water, for which purpose it was used in early times. There are upward of fift}- ditierent kinds of this interesting plant, all of I . r â¢
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ®0itr£< Cagcnaiia Natural Order: CucurbitaccceâGourd Family. NOWN scientifically as Lagenaria, from the Latin lagcna, a bottle, the common Bottle Gourd, or Calabash, is familiar to all. It grows like a round ball, gradually extended into a handle. When ripened, a slice is cut from one side, and the seeds are â ^removed, thus forming a very convenient vessel for dipping y water, for which purpose it was used in early times. There are upward of fift}- ditierent kinds of this interesting plant, all of I . r â¢< them being natives of tropical countries. Some are large and gro- \7y''?\j tesque, others small, fanciful, delicate, beautiful in shape and color, and , OTthy of enthusiastic admiration. Hawthorne said they were " worthy being wrought in enduring ; JAm\. H' A^': E who, from zone to Guides through the In the long way that I i Will lead my steps yet I know past all doubting, trulyâ knowledge greater than grief can dim â ,-, as lie loved, he will love duly, I, better â e'en better than I love him; flight. M Y winged boat, A bird afloat, wims round the purple peaks remote: Round purple peaks It sails, and seeks lue inlets and their crystal creeks, Where high rocks throw, Through deeps below, pROM the low earth round you. Reach the heights above you; From the stripes that wound you. Seek the loves that love you. zone, boundless sky thy nust tread alone aright. âWillimn ClllU-i, Bryam. And as I walk by the vast, calm river The awful river so dread to see, I say, "Thy breadth and thy depth forever Are bridged by his thoughts that cross to me.' â'jean Itiffelow. A duplicated golden glow. Far, vague, and dim. The mountains swim; While on \'esuvius' misty brim. With outstretched hands The gray smoke stands, O'erlooking the volcanic lands. âThomas Buchanan Read. God's divinest burneth plain Through the crystal diaphane Of our loves that love you.
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