. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f ''^?i % CEtctoflii. Silcne \I^nUCVia. Natural Order: Caryophyllacece—Pink Family. ARIETIES of this plant to the number of about one hundred, 'i^ of which perhaps a dozen are indigenous to the United States, have been noted b}- botanists. It is culti^•ated as a garden annual, many varieties having been introduced from Europe — the rose-colored from Sicily, and the red from Portugal, while Russia has furnished a perennial species. They all bloom plenti- fully, and are appropriate for planting in the borders, or for roc
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. f ''^?i % CEtctoflii. Silcne \I^nUCVia. Natural Order: Caryophyllacece—Pink Family. ARIETIES of this plant to the number of about one hundred, 'i^ of which perhaps a dozen are indigenous to the United States, have been noted b}- botanists. It is culti^•ated as a garden annual, many varieties having been introduced from Europe — the rose-colored from Sicily, and the red from Portugal, while Russia has furnished a perennial species. They all bloom plenti- fully, and are appropriate for planting in the borders, or for rock- work. The stem is about a foot and a half high, and the flowers mostly a purplish pink, white, and red. Beneath each joint there is a glutinous substance that retains any light insect that touches it. It derives its name from. Silenus, the reputed foster-father and drunken companion of Bacchus, who, when caught asleep and encircled with a cordon of flowers by mortals, could be compelled to prophesy; so the ancient Greeks J nm h\}\\ Prtsaiirr. TTIGH and strong the bodv mav confine, And iron gates obstruct the prisoner's gaze, And massive bolts may baffle his design, And vigilant keepers watch his devious ; Yet scorns the immortal mind this base control! No chains can bind it and no cells enclose; Swifter than light it flies from pole to pole, And in a flash from earth to heaven it goes. r\ LIBERTY! the prisoner's pleasing dream, ^ The poet's muse, his passion and his theme; Genius is thine, and thou art Fancy's nurse; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires. —Covjfer. H' i gives the signal of command, He waves —he drops —the lifted hand! It was a sound of clashing steel — Why starts he thus.' what doth he The clanking of his iron cliain Hath made him prisoner again! —Mrs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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