. 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. Sarrattnia pstttadna. Natural Order: SarraceniacccE—Pitcher Plant Family. ijARRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, IS found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- I .ible for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which. are not '' flat, as in most other foliage, but are like hollow tubes, ta
. 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. Sarrattnia pstttadna. Natural Order: SarraceniacccE—Pitcher Plant Family. ijARRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, IS found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- I .ible for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which. are not '' flat, as in most other foliage, but are like hollow tubes, tapering £iVj toward the bottom like a vase, with a sort of cap or lid for the top, the hollow being nearly always half filled or more with water. There is one species from the East Indies that is well adapted for the greenhouse. The leaves of this plant are narrow and tapering, and the middle vein appears to run on in a sportive mood, extending itself like a thread beyond the leaf some four or five inches, and then curls about and turns up at the extremity, forming a delightful little pitcher. When grown in a pot, it requires a great deal of moisture, and a layer of moss or cocoa fiber on the surface of the soil to check evaporation. Some varieties have leaves from one to three feet The flowers are yellow or ^jtsltntl* TEARN from the birds what food the thickets yield; '-' Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The art of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole tcf plough, the worm to weave. QAY, where full instinct is the unerring guide, ^^ What hope or counsel can they need beside.' Reason, however able, cool at best, Cares not for service, or but serves when prest; -Pope. Stays till we call, and then not often near; But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'ershoot, but just to hit; While still too wide or short is human wit. —Pope. ITOW can we justly different causes frame. When the effects entirely are the same? Instinct and reaso
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