. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. BURDOCK. ^m BURDOCK {Arctium Lappa andBardand).—\^T\}^YYY. The Burdock is well known by all boys, to whom it is an inoffensive source of fun. They gather the seed-vessels, and throw them at their companions. The bristly hairs which cover the seed-vessels cling tenaciously to the dress, and require a little patience in detaching them. Thus the Bur- dock is a fitting emblem of that Importunity with which we are sometimes assailed by applicants, who seem deter- mined not to take a refusal.
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. BURDOCK. ^m BURDOCK {Arctium Lappa andBardand).—\^T\}^YYY. The Burdock is well known by all boys, to whom it is an inoffensive source of fun. They gather the seed-vessels, and throw them at their companions. The bristly hairs which cover the seed-vessels cling tenaciously to the dress, and require a little patience in detaching them. Thus the Bur- dock is a fitting emblem of that Importunity with which we are sometimes assailed by applicants, who seem deter- mined not to take a refusal. It may also well be regarded as such from its pertinacious resistance of attempts to extirpate its roots even from good soil. The generic name "Arctium" is given to this plant because of the brown hairy covering which resembles the shaggy skin of the bear. The hardened hooks at the end of the hairs hold so firmly to the coats of cattle, that as they separate, the seed-vessels are forced open, when the contents escape, and sow themselves! The plant has many useful properties. BUTTERCUPS.—Cheerfulness. Except the daisy, there is not a greater favourite than the Buttercup. Children of all ranks delight in it, a:nd poets, calling to mind -their early field pleasures, have not failed to speak of this wild flower, and have thus made a permanent record of the cheerfulness with which Buttercups inspired them. Campbell says,— 43. 1. 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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