. 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. i }p[)ilaMpl}Ua COronariaS. Natural Order: Saxifragacece—Saxifrage Family. HIS showy shrub is one of several bearing the same cogno- men, the classic name of which was bestowed in honor of Ptolemasus Philadelphus, an ancient king of Egypt, and the founder of the celebrated Alexandrian library. In early sum- mer it is a handsome o
. 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. i }p[)ilaMpl}Ua COronariaS. Natural Order: Saxifragacece—Saxifrage Family. HIS showy shrub is one of several bearing the same cogno- men, the classic name of which was bestowed in honor of Ptolemasus Philadelphus, an ancient king of Egypt, and the founder of the celebrated Alexandrian library. In early sum- mer it is a handsome object, and is an addition to any land- scape when covered by the creamy-white flowers that adorn its stems and burden the air with their honeyed fragrance, the odor of which is similar to the orange blossom, whence it is sometimes called Mock-Orange. It is a native of Europe, but has been very many years naturalized in America. Cultivated on the lawn, its branches sway in graceful luxuriance; but if space is an object, it will allow itself to be trained against a wall, and withhold not its abundant bloom. Another variety, called Philadelphus grandiflorus, is very similar in appearance, but the flowers are pmor^. /^H! friends regretted, scenes forever dear, ^^ Remembrance hails you with her warmest tear! Drooping she bends o'er pensive Fancy's urn. To trace the liours which never can return. —Byron. "IITE will revive those times, and in our memories Kindled their mutual fires, their equal beams Preserve, and still keep fresh, like flowers in water. Shot and return'd, till, link'd and twin'd in one. Those happier days; when at our eyes our souls They chain'd our hearts together. —Denliam. I CANNOT but remember such things were That were most precious to me. —Shakespeare. TULL'D in the countless chambers of the brain, QTILL o'er Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain; ^ And fondly ;r these scenes m^' memory wakes, fondly broods with wiser care; Awak
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