. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BIRCH TREE. farmer. On account of the keen acidity of the fruit, it is made the emblem of Tartness. We are also told that the flowers are endued with such extreme irritability, that at the lightest touch, all the stamens coil themselves around the pistil: hence they exhibit the characteristic sharpness of persons whose anger is instantfipeously aroused by the most trivial cause?. THE BIRCH TREE {BetMla /^«^«^/a.)—Gracefulness. This species of the Birch is an exceedingly graceful tree. C
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE BIRCH TREE. farmer. On account of the keen acidity of the fruit, it is made the emblem of Tartness. We are also told that the flowers are endued with such extreme irritability, that at the lightest touch, all the stamens coil themselves around the pistil: hence they exhibit the characteristic sharpness of persons whose anger is instantfipeously aroused by the most trivial cause?. THE BIRCH TREE {BetMla /^«^«^/a.)—Gracefulness. This species of the Birch is an exceedingly graceful tree. Coleridge speaks of it as " Most beautiful Of forest trees, the lady of the woods;" a title which it fully deserves. Its spray is more slender than that of qther species, and also larger. The foliage has an elegant pensile appearance, as the weeping willow, and like it is set in motion by the faintest breath- of zephyr. In his poem, the "Isle of Palms," Wilson has observed this, and applied the epithet, " weeping," to our tree,— " On the green slope Of a romantic glade we sate us down. Amid the fragrance of the yellow broom, While o'er our heads the Weeping Birch-tree streamed Its branches, arching like a fountain ; The Birch is of rapid growth, and, at any age, one or two are a pleasing addition to small plantings in the vicinity of our dwellings. 26. 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 Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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