. 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. *m (Jitratum arocnst. Natural Order: ComfositceâAster Family. flELD CIRSIUM (from the old Greek name), or the True Thistle, is the name of this variety, while the general word '"'â '' Thistle is a common name for various prickly plants which are widely dispersed and very annoying weeds. The most common of these is
. 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. *m (Jitratum arocnst. Natural Order: ComfositceâAster Family. flELD CIRSIUM (from the old Greek name), or the True Thistle, is the name of this variety, while the general word '"'â '' Thistle is a common name for various prickly plants which are widely dispersed and very annoying weeds. The most common of these is the Canada Thistle, which is the curse !_5a of any land where once established, as every seed is fur- nished with an airy balloon of its own, to bear it to some new, unoccupied district. It also spreads by its creeping root. The flowers are arranged in small purple heads. There is also a yellow variety. When the leaves are a short distance above the ground in spring, they are sometimes used as a salad, and the stems may be used as a boiled vegetable, if they are first stripped of their skins and soaked a short time in water to extract some of the bitterness pervading them. The following is the tradition of the adoption of the Thistle as the national emblem of Scodand: A body of Danes or Norsemen waiting to attack the Scots during the silent watches of the night, sent out a few spies to recon- noitre; these tramped upon some thistles, and, being wounded thereby, uttered such furious maledictions as to arouse the Scots, who were thus saved from disaster. %Vi%hni\^. H IS breadth of brow, and Roman shape of chin, Squared well with the firm man that reigned within. â Campbell. T SHUT the door to face the naked truth, I stood alone â I faced the truth alone. Stripped bare of self-regard, or form, or i-uth, Till first and last were shown. T TIS .square-turned joints and strength of limb Showed him no carpet knight so trim, But in close fight a champion grim, In camps a leader sag
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