. 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. iX'. A' ND where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and mercy sigh'd farewell! —Byroit. TJ ARSH scorn hath hail'd thy blighted name, Thou frail but lovely thing; And the precious flower of fame Is slowly withering! —Mrs. Norton. OHALL it not be scorn to me To harp on such a molder'd string? I am sham'd through
. 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. iX'. A' ND where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and mercy sigh'd farewell! —Byroit. TJ ARSH scorn hath hail'd thy blighted name, Thou frail but lovely thing; And the precious flower of fame Is slowly withering! —Mrs. Norton. OHALL it not be scorn to me To harp on such a molder'd string? I am sham'd through all my nature To have lov'd so slight a thing. —Tennyson. 'T'HINK not there is no smile I can bestow upon thee. There is a smile, A smile of nature too, which I can spare. And yet perhaps thou wilt not thank me for it. —'Joanna Baillie. 'T'AKE back, take back thy promises; Take back, take back thy love. They say 'tis all ideal bliss Fleeting as sunbeams move; And that 'twill quickly pass away, And not a chord remain To vibrate at aflfection's touch. With such sweet joy again. Then give me back the light, warm heart I held in youth's bright morn; It can't endure indifference, 'Twould break beneath thy scorn. —Mrs. Locke. TTENCE! Leave my door! I know thee not, dark woman! Hence away! —Mrs. Sigmirney. 75 'S^ JDiontl^nS torgopljsllns. Natural Order: Caryofhyllacex—Pink Family. '•MONG the most delightful of all our flowers are the Carna- tions, in all their diverse colors, being called the flower of Jove or Jupiter, the chief god among the Romans, whence its name — Dios., of Zeus, or Jupiter, and anthos, a flower; the ;,^ distinctive epithet is also from two other Greek words, S^karuon, a nut, and j)hyllon, a leaf. They are variously called bizarres, flakes, or picotees, according to their colors and markings, being spotted, striped or plain. The varieties number, it is said, over four hundred, and many of them yield the exquisite odor of the clove, or other sw
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