. 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. ^B^ ^ Campanula liuiium. Natural Order: Campanulacece—Bellwort Family. NPRETENDING but handsome is this species of the Campa- nula, introduced into this country from Germany. The stem is from two and a half to three feet high, and produces flowers that are large and attractive, continuing in bloom from early summer until fall. Th
. 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. ^B^ ^ Campanula liuiium. Natural Order: Campanulacece—Bellwort Family. NPRETENDING but handsome is this species of the Campa- nula, introduced into this country from Germany. The stem is from two and a half to three feet high, and produces flowers that are large and attractive, continuing in bloom from early summer until fall. The blossoms are bell-shaped, as in the other varieties, the distinctive differences consisting in diversity of foliage, and dissimilarity o^ style. Some are tall and stately, while others are mere cushions of verdure and flowers. The color of their blossoms is usually blue, though sometimes lavender or iralHuit^. TTOUNTAIN of mercy! whose pervading eye Can look within and read what passes there, Accept my thoughts for thanks, I have no words; My soul, o'erfraught with gratitude, rejects The aid of language. —Hannah More. 'T^HE benefits he sow'd in me met not Unthankful gi'ound, but yielded him his own With fair increase; and I still glory in it. —Masnin^er, 'T^O a generous mind The heaviest debt is that of gratitude, When 'tis not in our power to repay it. —FrankHn, "llfHEN gratitude o'erflows the swelling heart. And breathes in free and uncorrupted praise For benefits received; propitious heaven Takes such acknowledgments as fragrant incense. And doubles all its blessings. —Lillo. T FIND a pious gratitude disperse Within my soul; and at every thought of him Engenders a warm sigh within me, which, fe. Like curls of holy incense, overtake Each other in my bosom, and enlarge With their embrace his sweet remembrance. —Shirley, GROW impatient, till I find some way Great offices with greater to repay. —Dryden. 72 . ^^. Please note that these images are extr
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