. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. flowers in nature, are found the various spe-cies of the altheas or hollyhocks, and thehibiscus, together with that famous plant,King Cotton, avoAvedly the most valu-able of all the vegetable products whichman converts into materials for common cotton plant grows fromthree to five feet in height, with five-lobed, blue-veined, dark green leaves. Theflower is of a pale yellow, changing to apink color, purple spotted at the bottom,with five petals. On the fiilling of theflower a kind of pod or boll is developed, Cotton Plan
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. flowers in nature, are found the various spe-cies of the altheas or hollyhocks, and thehibiscus, together with that famous plant,King Cotton, avoAvedly the most valu-able of all the vegetable products whichman converts into materials for common cotton plant grows fromthree to five feet in height, with five-lobed, blue-veined, dark green leaves. Theflower is of a pale yellow, changing to apink color, purple spotted at the bottom,with five petals. On the fiilling of theflower a kind of pod or boll is developed, Cotton Plant.—1. Theri- syhich, in proccss of riueninc:, bursts and pened boll. 2. Flower in ,. , A i -f E. i • i • the morning. 3. Flower at dlSCloSCS the SnOW-whlte COttOU, whlch IS evening. ^]^g hairy covering of the seeds. 9. The citron family embraces a number of species of hand-some evergreen shrubs or small trees, mostly natives of theEast Indies, and cultivated only in warm regions. They haveodoriferous flowers, and bear some of the most brilliant, fra-. Id DiV. OF .. VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, OK BOTAM Y. 157 grant, and delicious fruits, among which may be enumeratedthe orange, shaddock, citron, lemon, and lime. As with ap-ples, many varieties of each have been produced by cultiva-tion. The golden apples of the heathens, and the forbiddenfruit of the Jews, are supposed to belong to this family. Theorange blossom, distinguished no less for its beauty than itsdelicious fragrance, has very appropriately been made the em-blem of purity and loveliness. The land where the citron andorange grow is proverbially the land of balmy fragrance, ofgentle breezes, and azure skies. Knowst thou Uieland, where groves of citron flower7And goklen orange, darkling leaves embower ?Where gentle breezes fan the azure skies,The myrfle still, and high the laurel rir^e ?Knowst thou it well, that land, beloved friend?Thither with thee, oh, thither would I wend.—Goethe. LESSON VII.—CHOEus of flowers. 1.
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