. 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. Wf-. 1 '>V». Ttiraft]j«$n«$$* 'T^HE turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths, or I mistake mankind. âDr. Walcot. T'M quite ashamed â 'tis mighty rude To eat so much â but all's so good I have a thousand thanks to give â My lord alone knows how to live. âPope. "T^IS holyday; provide me better
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. Wf-. 1 '>V». Ttiraft]j«$n«$$* 'T^HE turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths, or I mistake mankind. âDr. Walcot. T'M quite ashamed â 'tis mighty rude To eat so much â but all's so good I have a thousand thanks to give â My lord alone knows how to live. âPope. "T^IS holyday; provide me better cheer; 'Tis holyday; and shall be round the year; Shall I my household gods and genius cheat. To make him rich who grudges me my meat.' âDryden. QOME men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish mind, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner turn. ~yoan»a BaiJlie. pEYOND the sense Of light refection, at the genial board Indulge not often; nor protract the feast Cllpinus polypligllus. Natural Order: LeguminosceâPulse Family. MONG our handsomest native plants, the Lupines find a recognized place, more especially the above, which is a fine variety from Oregon. Its height is from three to four feet, the foliage soft and silky, and the flowers yellow, purple, or â £j white. There are numerous other varieties from different y^ parts of the United States, both annual and perennial. The |g,Lupinus mutabilis (changeable) is from South America, and is said to be changeable in the color of its blossoms. The ancients used a spe- 'cies of Lupine for food, thinking it strengthened the intellect; and on 9 the stage the seeds were used by the players instead of real money. ^The Latin name signifies wolfish, from lupus, a wolf, as it absorbs the ' fertility of the soil, to the detriment of other things; and polyphyllus, from the Greek, denotes many-leaved. To dull satiety; till soft and slow A drowsy death creeps on th' expansive soul, Oppress'd and smoth
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