. 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. x„a^--->" ^^ i:»r £nllron maximum. Natural Order: Ericacece—Heath Family. NATIVE tree from ten to fifteen feet high, the Rosebay is found principally in the Middle States. The leaves are thick and leathery when mature, and are about five or six inches in length. The flowers, which appear in July and August, ^h are rose-co
. 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. x„a^--->" ^^ i:»r £nllron maximum. Natural Order: Ericacece—Heath Family. NATIVE tree from ten to fifteen feet high, the Rosebay is found principally in the Middle States. The leaves are thick and leathery when mature, and are about five or six inches in length. The flowers, which appear in July and August, ^h are rose-color, frequently dotted with purple or yellow, and. j^jjsappear in fine contrast to the evergreen foliage. The whole Cgenus delights in shady woodlands and cool swamps; indeed, their geographical range is almost wholly confined to such localities or to hhe summits of the highest mountains of Europe, Asia and America. sSome of the foreign varieties are found in greenhouses, and are admired ifor their brilliancy and diversity of color. The yellow variety is from ^ Siberia and the Caucasus mountains, where it grows in low bushes. B E silent always when you doubt your sense, And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence. —Pope. TTNLESS thou find occasion, hold thy tongue Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. —Sir y. Denham. "\17HAT need there is to be reserved in speech, And temper all our thoughts with charity. — Wordsworth. T TIS air, his voice, his looks, and honest soul, Speak all so movingly in his behalf, I dare not trust myself to hear him talk. QHE spake in language whose strange melody ^ Might not belong to earth. I heard, alone. What made its music more melodious be — The pity and the love of every tone. —Shelly. —Addison. llylY tongue will tell the anger of my heart; Or else my heart, concealing it, will break: And, rather than it shall, I will be free, Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. —Shakespeare. 'Sx. AS I listened to thee,
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