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Title: The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry
Identifier: cu31924073984118 (find matches)
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Turner, Cordelia Harris; Turner, Cordelia Harris. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture
Subjects: Flower language; Flowers in literature
Publisher: Chicago : M. Warren
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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f.J» (!Dniitl)09alum Itinbellatum. Natural Order: LiliaccceâLily Family. ( I NTIONED by Pliny, author of a Natural History, who flourished a. d. 77, the Ornithogalum has given rise to » ;t» much comment as to the origin of" its name. It is V derived from two Greek words, ornithos, a bird, and gala, tnilk â a most singular combination, surely, and we cannot help suggesting the following theory: The Greeks had a pretty and poetic conceit, that in spring a certain wind blew, and ( with it brought the birds of passage to gladden their bowers with â song, and this wind they named ormthias, or bird-wind. Now the ; Star of Bethlehem blooms in April and May, about the time of the ( birds' return, thus poetically is seen a flower greeting the birds; a ;â flower, too, which is of an opaque white, or milk color. The '^ English name is from the shape of the blossom. The bulbs fre- quently attain a great size.
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NOR did he doubt her more, But rested in her fealty, till he crowned A happy life with a fair death. âTemiyson. w. THOM but Maud should I meetâ "ITTELL do vanish'd frowns enhance And she touched my hand with a smile so sweet * ' The charms of every brighten'd glance. She made me divine amends And dearer seems each dawning smile For a courtesy not return'd. ^-Tcimjisoti. For having lost its light awhile. âMoore. T WOULD have my love Angry sometimes, to sweeten oft' the rest Of her behavior. âvS«; Jonson. " AND didst than weep, And / did not console.' Look up, and be no longer sad!" She called me by my name: Our spirits rushed together, glad And swift as flame to flame. âDora Greemvell. 286 â l^^

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