. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. SPURGE LAUREL. your tongue were pricked with needles, so acrid and sharp is their juice. It is alleged by some naturalists, that the spadix in certain of the species becomes so hot that the hand cannot touch it with impunity. For one or the other of these reasons it has been made the emblem of warmth. SPURGE LAUREL {Daphne Laureola).—CoQVKTKY. Desire to Please. This is valuable in shrubberies, thriving under the drip of trees, and never attaining an unshapely size. Its bark is such as to gi
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. SPURGE LAUREL. your tongue were pricked with needles, so acrid and sharp is their juice. It is alleged by some naturalists, that the spadix in certain of the species becomes so hot that the hand cannot touch it with impunity. For one or the other of these reasons it has been made the emblem of warmth. SPURGE LAUREL {Daphne Laureola).—CoQVKTKY. Desire to Please. This is valuable in shrubberies, thriving under the drip of trees, and never attaining an unshapely size. Its bark is such as to give it the appearance of a dead tree, but Nature, to hide this deformity, envelopes its branches in purplish flowers, and puts forth at the end a tuft of leaves resembling a pine-apple in form. The Spurge Laurel begins to flower amid the snows of January ; it seems the fitting representative of an imprudent coquette who, in the dead of winter, decks herself in Spring attire. SQUIRTING CUCUMBER (Momordica Elaterium).— Criticism. Adverse criticism produces a painful effect upon the unfortunate object of it, therefore the specific name of this plant has suggested it as the proper symbol of the biting operation. 190. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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