FLORA'S INTERPRETER. "In Eastern Lands they talk in flowers, Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers, Percival. SENTIMENT. They never felt, Those summer flies that flit so gaily round thee, Percival. ALMOND, FLOWERING. Amygdalus. Class 12, Order 1. Native of the East, China, Barbary, &c. It flowers early-blossoms, snow white. HOPE. The Hope in dreams of a happier hour Springs out of the silvery Almond flower, SENTIMENT. Moore. There are hopes Promising well, and love touched dreams for some, For gold and pleasure. Oh, if there were not better hopes than these- Finding no worthy altar, must return May spend itself—what thrice-mocked fools are we? Willis. Class 16, Order 13. (Syrian Mallow) a shrub 4 to 6 feet high. Native of the East. Flowers white and rose color, ALTHEA, FRUTEX. Hibiscus, syriacus. CONSUMED BY LOVE. The fable of Althea and her unfortunate son, who lost his life in consequence of his love for the beautiful Atalanta-his consuming away as the fatal brand was burning, suggested the emblem of "Consumed by love." Flora's Dictionary. SENTIMENT. Comfort cannot soothe The heart whose life is centered in the thought Percival. ANSWER. Go, kneel a worshiper at Nature's shrine! ALOE. Class 6. Order 1. Native of the cape of Good Hope, Egypt &c. The flower of the aloe has no calyx. A bitter and medicinal juice is extracted from the leaves. RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION. In climes beneath the solar ray, And arid plains in silence spread, Flora's Dictionary. SENTIMENT. All tenderness you seemed, Gentle and social as a playful child, AMARANTH. Class 19, Order 5. (Prince's feather) a genus_of nearly 40 species; almost exclusively confined to India and North America. Only 3 species in Europe -flowers crimson. IMMORTALITY. Immortal amaranth! a flower which once grows, Milton. SENTIMENT. And with our frames do perish all our loves? |