. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ®mim^mt< ^1 UibcS VUbniin. Xaturai. Order: Grossulariacccc — Currant Fawilv. OTANICALLY named from a misapplied Arabic word, and nacularly from Corinth in Greece, with which it has no cial connection, while even the qualifying Latin epithet, 'iihniiu (red) is a misnomer, as not only red but white cur- : ints are included, it must be confessed this excellent shrub been unfortunate in its godfathers. It is, however, quite C" fimiliar to e\eryone, or if not the}' have missed one of the blisses childhood in lying under
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ®mim^mt< ^1 UibcS VUbniin. Xaturai. Order: Grossulariacccc — Currant Fawilv. OTANICALLY named from a misapplied Arabic word, and nacularly from Corinth in Greece, with which it has no cial connection, while even the qualifying Latin epithet, 'iihniiu (red) is a misnomer, as not only red but white cur- : ints are included, it must be confessed this excellent shrub been unfortunate in its godfathers. It is, however, quite C" fimiliar to e\eryone, or if not the}' have missed one of the blisses childhood in lying under its branches to pluck the bright, gleaming ut hanging like strung rubies in such clusters and bountiful abundance, hlled with a healthful and agreeable wine-like juice. The flowers are a delicate green, and would be pretty if of some brilliant tint. -The yellow Currant, that grows wild in Missouri and Oregon, is grown as a garden shrub, for the bright and cheering flowers that appear so early in spring- time, and like the robin, are among nature's earliest harbingers of her awakening, and of earth's returning Ion J\l^%t^ J\\. ITER every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something more than melody dwells ever in her words; The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows, .\s one may see the burden'd bee forth issue from the rose. —Edz'.'nrd C. Pittkiiey. 'T'HY words had such a melting flow, '^ And spoke the truth so sweetly well. They drop'd like heaven's serenest snow. And all was brightness M'here thcv fell! AH! simple is the spell, I ween, That doth that grace impart; It dwells its own sweet self within — It is —a loving heart! ALL are lovely, all blossom of heart and of mind; All true to their natures, as Nature designed; To cheer and to solace, to strengthen, caress, And with love that can die not to buoy and to bless. — \Vil/i,iiii 104. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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