. 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. ICttB$l^* 'T'AKE heed what you say, sir! An hundred honest men! why, if there were So many i' th' city, 'twere enough to forfeit Their charter. —Shirley. AN honest man is still an unmov'd rock, Wash'd whiter, but not shaken with the shock: Whose heart conceives no sinister device; Fearless he plays with flames, and treads on ice.
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ICttB$l^* 'T'AKE heed what you say, sir! An hundred honest men! why, if there were So many i' th' city, 'twere enough to forfeit Their charter. —Shirley. AN honest man is still an unmov'd rock, Wash'd whiter, but not shaken with the shock: Whose heart conceives no sinister device; Fearless he plays with flames, and treads on ice. —Davenport. T TIS words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart, His heart as far from fraud as hea^•en from earth. —Sliakei'pearr. T O be honest, as this world goes. Is to be one pick'd out of ten thousand. —Shakespeare. AN honest soul is like a ship at sea That sleeps at anchor when the ocean 's calm; But when she rages, and the wind blows high, He cuts his way with skill and majesty. —Beaumont and Fletcher. 'T'HE man who consecrates his hours By vig'rous effort, and an honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death; He walks with nature, and her paths are peace. —Toung. 23 160 ^S^ Cunaria bienn'tB. Natural Order: Cruciferce—Mustard Family. UN ARIA, from the Latin luna, the moon, has two varieties: the rediviva, a handsome perennial, with light-purple flowers, and rather rare in the United States; and the biennis, a large biennial with lila:c-colored flowers. Both are natives of Ger- many, and received the name from the distinguished Swiss ^ botanist, DeCandoUe, on account of their transparent moon- shaped silicles or pods,' which are the most attractive _ feature of the plant. The name has a special appropriateness not altogether arising from the shape of the pods, which is more nearly oval, but from the additional peculiarity of the silvery separating tissues or di
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