Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers : with an Outline of Botany and a Poetical Introduction |
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... TRIGYNIA . The yellow and white species of this elegant plant are old inhabitants of our gardens , are of very easy culture , and increase ra- pidly . The latter species covers immense tracts of land in Apulia , and affords very good ...
... TRIGYNIA . The yellow and white species of this elegant plant are old inhabitants of our gardens , are of very easy culture , and increase ra- pidly . The latter species covers immense tracts of land in Apulia , and affords very good ...
Page 121
... TRIGYNIA . This is one of the prettiest of evergreen shrubs , and is the gift of Spain to our highly favour- ed land . In winter it is the ornament of our groves , displaying its shining leaves and showy white flowers when other trees ...
... TRIGYNIA . This is one of the prettiest of evergreen shrubs , and is the gift of Spain to our highly favour- ed land . In winter it is the ornament of our groves , displaying its shining leaves and showy white flowers when other trees ...
Page 142
... TRIGYNIA . The odour exhaled by this little flower is thought by some to be too powerful for the house ; but even those persons , we presume , must be delighted with the fragrance which it throws from the balconies into the streets of ...
... TRIGYNIA . The odour exhaled by this little flower is thought by some to be too powerful for the house ; but even those persons , we presume , must be delighted with the fragrance which it throws from the balconies into the streets of ...
Page 155
... TRIGYNIA . The Mu- rucuia of the western world was no sooner seen in Italy , than fanciful devotion found a mysterious representation of the passion of Christ in this flower , and it received the sanctimonious titles of Flos Passionis ...
... TRIGYNIA . The Mu- rucuia of the western world was no sooner seen in Italy , than fanciful devotion found a mysterious representation of the passion of Christ in this flower , and it received the sanctimonious titles of Flos Passionis ...
Page 168
... TRIGYNIA . The brilliant colours and woody growth of the Pyrus Japonica make it contrast strikingly with the pale and fragile snow - drop , near whose modest bells this superb native of Ja- pan may often be seen . The buds and flow- ers ...
... TRIGYNIA . The brilliant colours and woody growth of the Pyrus Japonica make it contrast strikingly with the pale and fragile snow - drop , near whose modest bells this superb native of Ja- pan may often be seen . The buds and flow- ers ...
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ancient ANDRIA ANON beautiful bloom blossom blush bosom bough bower branches breast breath bright brow buds BYRON called calyx caudex charms cheer Class 12 Class 21 colour common corolla crown Cryptogamia Cuckoo Flower DECANDRIA Demophoon DIADELPHIA DIANDRIA DIGYNIA doth DRIA DRYDEN earth emblem fair favourite Flowering Rush flowers fragrance fruit garden gaze GENESIA gentle genus grace green grows happiness hath heart heaven HEXANDRIA hope hour ICOSANDRIA leaves light look Mezereon mind Monogynia 1 pistil moss rose native never nymph o'er OCTANDRIA odour Order Monogynia ornament parterre PENTAGYNIA PENTAN PENTANDRIA perfume petals plant POLYANDRIA POLYGAMIA POLYGYNIA purple rich rose seeds shade SHAKSPEARE shine smile soft sorrow soul species SPENSER spirit spring stamens stem summer SUPERFLUA sweet SYNGENESIA tears thee thine thou thought tree TRIANDRIA Trigynia TWAMLEY wild wind wings wood