. 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. !|tin^$i^ {xu\ '^ryWWii;^, 'T'HERE still exists a rank which far transcends The stars and coronets that shine in courts: It takes no sounding name to make men stare; No blazoning heraldry proclaims its pomp; Its modfest title is, plain honesty. âAU:\- Bell. TJONOR and glory were given to cherish; Cherish them, then, tho
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. .#^' -^m. !|tin^$i^ {xu\ '^ryWWii;^, 'T'HERE still exists a rank which far transcends The stars and coronets that shine in courts: It takes no sounding name to make men stare; No blazoning heraldry proclaims its pomp; Its modfest title is, plain honesty. âAU:\- Bell. TJONOR and glory were given to cherish; Cherish them, then, though all else should decay; Landmarks be these, that are never to perish, Stars that will shine on the duskiest day. âFrom the Gentian. 'TPHE gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For man by nothing is so well bewraved As by his manners, in which plain is shown Of what degree and what race he is grown. â Spenser. "pUT let not all the gold which Tagus hides, And pays the sea in tributary tides. Be bribe sufficient to corrupt thy breast. Or violate with dreams thy peaceful rest. âDryden, ii6 (!lomtt0 flortlla. Natural Order: CornaceaâDogwood Family. ROWING in our Northern States, and generally throughout the temperate zone, this tree is well known. Anyone living near woodlands must be familiar with its white blossoms that lie like a pall of snow over the tree. It is about twenty or twenty-five feet in height, the body being small and covered â 'â ^ with a rough bark, which possesses excellent tonic properties, similar to the celebrated barks of the cinchona trees of Peru, and known as Peruvian or Jesuit's bark, as it was first introduced into medical practice by the missionaries of that society. The name is from the Latin cornu, horn, because of the hardness of its wood; jlorida, flowery. T7ACH thought was visible that roU'd within. As through a crystal case the figured hours are seen; And heaven did this transparent veil provide Because she had no guilty though
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