. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. SR5' ll'jemws^0 ^Iftray. Ultomra mUSCipula. Natural Order: /)roseraccce — ' Family. r^ ^ NOWN as a denizen of warm latitudes, and consequently not otten found in colder climates, except in hothouse culture, this ]-)LiLnniil phnt is rather delicate, but can be raised without ith(.ilt\ it lepotted each year and kept standing in a saucer of w Uci The leaves have a peculiar retractile power, clos- ing \\hene\ti an insect lights on the surface, thereby holding It 1 piisonti within its embrace, only relaxing its hold wh
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. SR5' ll'jemws^0 ^Iftray. Ultomra mUSCipula. Natural Order: /)roseraccce — ' Family. r^ ^ NOWN as a denizen of warm latitudes, and consequently not otten found in colder climates, except in hothouse culture, this ]-)LiLnniil phnt is rather delicate, but can be raised without ith(.ilt\ it lepotted each year and kept standing in a saucer of w Uci The leaves have a peculiar retractile power, clos- ing \\hene\ti an insect lights on the surface, thereby holding It 1 piisonti within its embrace, only relaxing its hold when it has entiieh \\ ithdi i\\ n the nourishing properties from its victim. The floweis aie white, being grouped in an umbel of from eight to ten on a stalk about a foot high. It is called Diona?a fi-orn Dione, the mother of \"enus: and muscipula, from the Latin, denotes Pctcil TITE sail .iloiig a rocky shore — the cHfts arc and gree '* While in the sunlit deptlis below as lofty cliffs are seen We float upon the waves of Life, with Death at either hand. And what is false and what is true we may not understand. —L. Bnire Mo 1 T ^HY, I can wliile I smile: wave of the desert, thou art less beg m false beauty over the lighted hall shed: * * And cry content to that nt the smiles that have practic'd their smiling. And wet my cheek with artificial tears; [heart loney words measured, and reckon'd as said. And frame mv face to all occasions. —Shakest'eare. -Miss Landoit. H E seem'd for dignity compos'd, and higli exploit But :dl was false and hollow. —Milton. VTOU'RE wrong; he was the mildest mannered That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat! [man With such true breeding of a gentleman, You never could divine his real thought. friendship is T^IIEIR Their honor but an idle b Their smile, the smile that traitors Their love is hate, their life is snare, th;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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