The Wild Garland; Or, Prose and Poetry Connected with English Wild Flowers: Intended as an Embellishment to the Study of Botany |
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... last forty years of his life , he saw himself surrounded by the honours and advantages his country and his prince had be- stowed upon him . When he died , a crowned head ( Gustavus the Third ) pronounced his solemn eulogy 34 THE LINNEA .
... last forty years of his life , he saw himself surrounded by the honours and advantages his country and his prince had be- stowed upon him . When he died , a crowned head ( Gustavus the Third ) pronounced his solemn eulogy 34 THE LINNEA .
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Intended as an Embellishment to the Study of Botany S. Waring. head ( Gustavus the Third ) pronounced his solemn eulogy ; a magnificent monument was erected to his memory in the gardens of the university of Upsal ; and medals were struck ...
Intended as an Embellishment to the Study of Botany S. Waring. head ( Gustavus the Third ) pronounced his solemn eulogy ; a magnificent monument was erected to his memory in the gardens of the university of Upsal ; and medals were struck ...
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... head , And to the breeze her petals spread . She heard the high - born plant complain , And answered thus her scornful strain : " Proud offspring of that sun - bright land , By balmy zephyrs gently fann'd ; Clear suns may shine , and ...
... head , And to the breeze her petals spread . She heard the high - born plant complain , And answered thus her scornful strain : " Proud offspring of that sun - bright land , By balmy zephyrs gently fann'd ; Clear suns may shine , and ...
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... heads of poppies ; and these heads , in the statues which remain to the present day , are round capsules , like the seed - vessels of the P. somniferum , and not ob- long , like those of the the P. Rhaas . Still the blended corn and ...
... heads of poppies ; and these heads , in the statues which remain to the present day , are round capsules , like the seed - vessels of the P. somniferum , and not ob- long , like those of the the P. Rhaas . Still the blended corn and ...
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... head of the figure , as a never - failing indication of the produce of the soil . " The statue , consisting of the white marble of Pentilicus , which also afforded the materials of the temple , bears evident marks of the best age of the ...
... head of the figure , as a never - failing indication of the produce of the soil . " The statue , consisting of the white marble of Pentilicus , which also afforded the materials of the temple , bears evident marks of the best age of the ...
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academy Amid Andromeda Andromeda polifolia Anthers bard Bellis perennis beneath bowers breeze buds Calyx Capsule Ceres charm colour Common Common Broom crocus cylindrical DAFFODILS Daisy delightful Drosera Drosera rotundifolia edge egg-shaped Eleusis Elude the thorn Eryngo Floral-leaves flower that blooms fragrant fruit-stalk gale gardens genius Germander Germen gloom golden hairs hairy hath heart heath honours hour John's Wort Kiemi Leaf-stalks Leaves Linnæus little flower Marmontel morning dew MOUNTAIN DAISY nature Nectary o'er pale Pentandria Monogynia perfume Petals Peziza plain plant of power pluck the flower poem poet Polyandria Monogynia poppy Primrose prize purple Pyppon root Round-leaved sundew seeds shade shed shone shun simple soft solitary splendid spring Stalk Stamens Stem storms streams summer Summits sweet thee thorn to pluck thou thy blossoms Tornea Toulouse Uleaborg Vervain violet virgin wanderer waters WILD FLOWERS WILD GARLAND wild-briar tree Withering wreath young maid
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Page 70 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
Page 69 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 69 - mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd breast, "When upward-springing, blythe, to greet, The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth ; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flowers our gardens yield, High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield ; But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field Unseen, alane.
Page 6 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Page 68 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
Page 67 - O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale. But this bold floweret climbs the hill, Hides in the forest, haunts the glen, Plays on the margin of the rill, Peeps round the fox's den. Within the garden's cultured round It shares the sweet carnation's bed ; And blooms on consecrated ground In honour of the dead. The lambkin crops its crimson gem ; The wild bee murmurs on its breast ; The blue-fly bends its pensile stem, Light o'er the skylark's nest.
Page 53 - Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance. So virtue blooms, brought forth amid the storms Of chill adversity, in some lone walk Of life she rears her head, Obscure and unobserved...
Page 15 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells, so that you may walk by a whole row of them and find nothing of their sweetness, yea, though it be in a morning's dew.
Page 53 - MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first questioned winter's sway. And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance. So Virtue blooms, brought forth amid the...
Page 39 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...