. 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 VtvbaSCUm tIjapSUS. Natural Order: Scrofhulariacece—Figwort Family. ^ERBASCUM, or Mullein, is a common wayside plant, that ^ we will dignify with a place in this volume as a slight recompense for the abuse it has ever, and will ever, receive. 'Condemned as a weed, considered as evidence of an untidy ' landholder wherever it 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 VtvbaSCUm tIjapSUS. Natural Order: Scrofhulariacece—Figwort Family. ^ERBASCUM, or Mullein, is a common wayside plant, that ^ we will dignify with a place in this volume as a slight recompense for the abuse it has ever, and will ever, receive. 'Condemned as a weed, considered as evidence of an untidy ' landholder wherever it is seen occupying the fields, its stately stalk a target for every roadside rambler's stick, it has at least ?some virtues, and less vice than it generally obtains credit for, and shall receive a tribute for the memory of childhood, when we remem- ber seeing its golden blossoms so far above our head. The whole plant presents a gray appearance, from the dense woolly texture that 'covers its leaves and stalk. It is said to have been used in ancient ftimes as wicks for lamps, or was placed in small vessels of oil, and one end lighted, the oil continually creeping up its dense surface, supplying the flame with fuel; and many a country lassie has been indebted for her rosy cheeks to a pilfered leaf, whose rough surface she has furtively applied to her smooth skin. The plant has several medicinal properties, being demulcent, anti-spasmodic, and useful as an anodyne. The German name is wollkraut, signifying iuoit "faiitr^* /^OOD humor only teaches charms to last, ^^ Still makes new conquests, and maintains the past. —Pope. TTE keeps his temper'd mind serene and pure, And ev'ry passion aptly harmonized. Amid a jarring world. —Thompson. A SWEETER and a lovelier gentleman. Framed in the prodigality of nature. The spacious world cannot again afford. —Shakespeare, wu 'T^HOUGH time her bloom is stealing. There 's still beyond his art — The wild-flower wreath of feel
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