. 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. JJentatEmon tompanitlatUS. Natural Order: Scrofhulariacex—Pigiuort Family. APIDLY advancing in favor since its introduction from Mexico, the Pentstemon is a handsome plant, finding a place in every tgarden when its beauty is once beheld; but it should be win- tered in a cool part of the greenhouse, or some place free from frost.
. 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. JJentatEmon tompanitlatUS. Natural Order: Scrofhulariacex—Pigiuort Family. APIDLY advancing in favor since its introduction from Mexico, the Pentstemon is a handsome plant, finding a place in every tgarden when its beauty is once beheld; but it should be win- tered in a cool part of the greenhouse, or some place free from frost. It can be raised from seed, and is said to bloom the first year if sown early in the spring. The blossom is tubular in shape, hanging three or four in a group, with the mouth of the flower downward. The color differs in different individuals, being scarlet, blue, and yellow, all remarkably handsome in whatever hue they sport. The stalk is from eighteen to twenty inches or more in height. They make nice conservatory or window plants, and will please all ligl-Srsb. TJOAST not these titles of jour ancestors, Brave youths, they 're their possessions not your own; When your own virtues equal'd have their names, 'Twill be fair to lean upon their fames. For they are strong supporters. —Bm Jonson. ACROSS the garden path she went. Herself the sweetest flower there. Though richest blooms of Orient Their fragrance mingled in the air. Her swarthy bondmaids held aloft A canopy of colors gay, pUT off your giant titles, then I can •'• Stand in your judgments' blank and equal man. Though hills advanced are above the plain. They are but higher earth, nor must disdain Alliance with the vale; we see a. spade 236 Or brushed with tufts of plumage soft The humming insect tribe away. For sun, nor wind, nor gauzy wing. Must venture on a touch too free; She was the daughter of a king, And bore herself right royally. —Mary E. Bradley, Can level them, and make a mount a glade; Howe'e
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