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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... fruits away , Then melts into the spring : soft spring , with breath Favonian , from warm chambers of the south , Recalls the first . All , to re - flourish , fades ; As in a wheel , all sinks , to reascend . Emblems of man , who passes ...
... fruits away , Then melts into the spring : soft spring , with breath Favonian , from warm chambers of the south , Recalls the first . All , to re - flourish , fades ; As in a wheel , all sinks , to reascend . Emblems of man , who passes ...
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... fruit . The apple bloom is indeed a charming flower , and by some is preferred before the rose . PREFERENCE . The lasses aw wonder'd what Willy could see , In yen that was dark and hard - featur'd like me . And they wonder'd ay mair ...
... fruit . The apple bloom is indeed a charming flower , and by some is preferred before the rose . PREFERENCE . The lasses aw wonder'd what Willy could see , In yen that was dark and hard - featur'd like me . And they wonder'd ay mair ...
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... fruit of the barberry is so very acid that birds will seldom eat them . The tree is armed with thorns , and the flowers are so irritable , that at the slightest touch all the stamina close around the pistil . Thus this tree bears all ...
... fruit of the barberry is so very acid that birds will seldom eat them . The tree is armed with thorns , and the flowers are so irritable , that at the slightest touch all the stamina close around the pistil . Thus this tree bears all ...
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... fruit . HARDINESS . The Cranberry blossom dwelleth there Amid the mountains cold , Seeming like a fairy gift Left on the dreary wold . Oh ! and ' t is very beautiful , The flowers are pink and white , And the small oval polish'd leaves ...
... fruit . HARDINESS . The Cranberry blossom dwelleth there Amid the mountains cold , Seeming like a fairy gift Left on the dreary wold . Oh ! and ' t is very beautiful , The flowers are pink and white , And the small oval polish'd leaves ...
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... fruit ; And Maple's spikes of florets green ; And Hawthorn , famed ' mid vernal scene For gracing May's propitious hour With prodigality of flower , Pink - anther'd ' mid its petals pale , And lending fragrance to the gale ; Hail'd from ...
... fruit ; And Maple's spikes of florets green ; And Hawthorn , famed ' mid vernal scene For gracing May's propitious hour With prodigality of flower , Pink - anther'd ' mid its petals pale , And lending fragrance to the gale ; Hail'd from ...
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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