. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f 1 CEUtaUlia CmilUS. Natural Order: Comfositce—Aster Family. ENTAUREA is said to derive its name from the centaur Chiron, the fabled son of Saturn, who was cured by an ;. application of it after having been wounded in the knee by K a poisoned arrow from the bow of Hercules. Another myth- ological narrative sa3's that Chiron's wound w'as incurable: but that, having been born of immortal parents, he could not ic and was consequently placed by the gods in the firmament as a (instellation, being called Sagittarius. The plant i
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f 1 CEUtaUlia CmilUS. Natural Order: Comfositce—Aster Family. ENTAUREA is said to derive its name from the centaur Chiron, the fabled son of Saturn, who was cured by an ;. application of it after having been wounded in the knee by K a poisoned arrow from the bow of Hercules. Another myth- ological narrative sa3's that Chiron's wound w'as incurable: but that, having been born of immortal parents, he could not ic and was consequently placed by the gods in the firmament as a (instellation, being called Sagittarius. The plant is a hardy annual, ikI grows about two feet high. The blossoms vary much in color, ppeanng singly on the ends of the jingle pb$$thncss. Wl e smile of voung and old, he ted at the banquet, and distir ows dull and sultry, he may wins the praise ol' ; juished at the ball; iy to green retreats A welcome visitor in turn at twenty country seats; He need not seek society, for, do whate'er he can, Invitations and attentions will pursue the single mar A BACHELOR May thrive, by observation, on a little; A single life 's no burthen; but to draw In yokes is chargeable, and will require —'Johii Ford. A A double maintenance. TI I ^ I d II', ' tis tor myself alone; wish to have a sweetheart nc Nor would I call another's heart my o\\r Nor have a gallant lover to revere me: WIFE! Oh, fetters To man's bless'd liberty! All this world's prison, Heav'n the high wall about it, sin the goaler; But th' iron shackles weighing down our heels Are only women. —Decker. For surely I would plight my faith to none, [me: Though many an amorous cit might jump to hear For I have heard that lovers prove deceivers. When once they find that maidens are believers. —From Michael An^elo. 'pHE ills of love, not those of fate, I These I can brave, but those I can rOVE L^ Nai i not m our power- what seems strange is not in our Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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