. 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. m \ Xant[)tum atrumartum. Natural Order: Comfositce —Aster Family. ^IKE some of the human family, certain plants have but very little biography, and what they have is not very favorable. They necessarily have had progenitors or ancestors, but not ^ the illustrious, the noted, the famous; neither have they beauty or attractions su
. 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. m \ Xant[)tum atrumartum. Natural Order: Comfositce —Aster Family. ^IKE some of the human family, certain plants have but very little biography, and what they have is not very favorable. They necessarily have had progenitors or ancestors, but not ^ the illustrious, the noted, the famous; neither have they beauty or attractions sufficient to redeem them from ob- scurity. The Clotbur resembles the burdock, the Spanish needles, and some others of those provoking plants that scatter their seeds by adhering to whatever comes in contact, which they do readily by the hooked spines with which they are provided. They are mostly coarse plants, found in byways, fields, woods and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Turner, Cordelia Harris; Turner, Cordelia Harris. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Chicago : M. Warren
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