. 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. iw ai Diola oborata. Natural Order: ViolacecBâViolet Family. fY and various are the Violet species, which are natives all lands within the temperate zone. Some of them â Of may be found in the fields and woods during spring id early summer, with their delicate little flowers hidden â-nid their clustered leaves. The Viola odorata
. 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. iw ai Diola oborata. Natural Order: ViolacecBâViolet Family. fY and various are the Violet species, which are natives all lands within the temperate zone. Some of them â Of may be found in the fields and woods during spring id early summer, with their delicate little flowers hidden â-nid their clustered leaves. The Viola odorata is a Euro- pean Violet. The flowers, though small, are redolent with perfume, and for this quality the plant has been styled odorata (odorous), and is to be found in general cultivation abroad. An- qther Violet (the Viola tricolor), more frequently called Pansy, or Heartsease, we are very familiar with, and through our admiration C, give it a warm place in our hearts and a cool place in our bor- ders. What magnificence in color! what gorgeous velvet can sur- ;*. pass the bloom of these modest little flowers, lying so close upon Nature's bosom? Says Shakespeare: " Her looks do argue her replete with ;. |]jiti?$l^. T N the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence. âShakespeare. â QEAUTIFUL are you in your lowliness; ^-^ Bright in your hues, delicious in your scent; Lovely your modest blossoms,. downward bent, As shrinking from your gaze, yet prompt to bless H The passer-by with fragrance, and express How gracefully, though mutely eloquent, Are unobtrusive worth and meek content, Rejoicing in their own obscure recess. âBarton, E saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. â Thompson. T^HE violet droops its soft and bashful brow, But from its heart, sweet incense fills the air: So rich within â so pure without â art thou, With modest mien and soul of virtue ra
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