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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Page 84
... PENTAGYNIA . Truly we ought to be grateful to this useful plant ! It yields us the linen we wear , the paper we write up- on , and the lace which adorns our fair country women . Nowhere can we cast our eyes but we see evidence of its ...
... PENTAGYNIA . Truly we ought to be grateful to this useful plant ! It yields us the linen we wear , the paper we write up- on , and the lace which adorns our fair country women . Nowhere can we cast our eyes but we see evidence of its ...
Page 108
... PENTAGYNIA . The leaves of this singular plant are covered with transparent vesicles full of water . When in the shade it seems to be gemmed with dew - drops ; but when exposed to the burning sun , it appears scat- tered over with ...
... PENTAGYNIA . The leaves of this singular plant are covered with transparent vesicles full of water . When in the shade it seems to be gemmed with dew - drops ; but when exposed to the burning sun , it appears scat- tered over with ...
Page 140
... PENTAGYNIA . This plant , called by the French " Reine des prés , " is deemed an useless herb , because herbalists have not discovered any medical properties in it ; and , also , because animals reject it as food . It is , however , a ...
... PENTAGYNIA . This plant , called by the French " Reine des prés , " is deemed an useless herb , because herbalists have not discovered any medical properties in it ; and , also , because animals reject it as food . It is , however , a ...
Page 145
... PENTAGYNIA . The common appella- tion of this beautiful tree , the character of its foliage , and its choice of situation , have led to some confusion respecting its classi- fication . Gerarde and Gilpin , for instance , have considered ...
... PENTAGYNIA . The common appella- tion of this beautiful tree , the character of its foliage , and its choice of situation , have led to some confusion respecting its classi- fication . Gerarde and Gilpin , for instance , have considered ...
Page 228
... PENTAGYNIA . The wood sorrel , vulgarly called " cuckoo's bread , " flowers very freely , about Easter . This pretty little plant shuts its leaves , closes its corollas , and the flowers hang pendent and drooping from the stems . They ...
... PENTAGYNIA . The wood sorrel , vulgarly called " cuckoo's bread , " flowers very freely , about Easter . This pretty little plant shuts its leaves , closes its corollas , and the flowers hang pendent and drooping from the stems . They ...
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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 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 willow wind wings wood