. 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. ^-ar-» ^Umulus lupulttB. Natural Order: Urticacece—Nettle Family. TILIZED mainly in brewing, the Hop is a coarse, though not unsightly, vine, which has been named Humulus from the Latin humus, the ground, because of its tendency to creeping, unless properly supported. It is cultivated for its fertile catkins, which are of great i
. 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. ^-ar-» ^Umulus lupulttB. Natural Order: Urticacece—Nettle Family. TILIZED mainly in brewing, the Hop is a coarse, though not unsightly, vine, which has been named Humulus from the Latin humus, the ground, because of its tendency to creeping, unless properly supported. It is cultivated for its fertile catkins, which are of great importance in the manufacture of beer l^and ale, as they tend to preserve and give body to those liquids. The stem is an annual, decaying every fall, and springing again from the ground in the spring. It grows to a great length, and twines around its supports with the sun, from east to west. It is cul- tivated in large fields in various parts of the country, and in the fall calls together large concourses of laborers who are paid a certain sum per pole to gather the hops, which is done usually amid great Jnjttslu^* TTE 'S poor, and that 's suspicious — he 's unknown, And that 's defenceless; true, we have no proof Of guilt — but what hath he of innocence? —Byron. A FINE and slender net the spider weaves, •^ ^ Which little and slight animals receives; And if she catch a summer bee or fly, They with a piteous groan and murmur die; But if a wasp or hornet she entrap, They tear her cords, like Samson, and escape; So, like a fly, the poor offender dies; But like the wasp the rich escapes, and flies. —Denfratii, T N the corrupted currents of this world, Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. -Sliakcpeare. ^ ^^™i JUSTICE is lame, as well as blind, amongst us; The laws, corrupted to their ends that make them. Serve but for instruments of some new tyranny, That every day starts up t' enslave us de
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