. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. w "Mtlilet. illdilotUS alba. Natural Ordkr: Leguminosa:âPulse Family. r\LL herb, passing tVequL-titly under the cognomen of Sweet- scented Clover, the Melilot used to be cultivated in gardens "idi the fragrance of its foliage, as well as its flowers, which it ictains for a long time in a dried state. By many it was con- sideied as desirable to place among clothing, as the famed Nhuender and roseleaves was by the belles of the last cen- |g,tur> It IS usually about three feet high, and in an uncultivated state lb
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. w "Mtlilet. illdilotUS alba. Natural Ordkr: Leguminosa:âPulse Family. r\LL herb, passing tVequL-titly under the cognomen of Sweet- scented Clover, the Melilot used to be cultivated in gardens "idi the fragrance of its foliage, as well as its flowers, which it ictains for a long time in a dried state. By many it was con- sideied as desirable to place among clothing, as the famed Nhuender and roseleaves was by the belles of the last cen- |g,tur> It IS usually about three feet high, and in an uncultivated state lb found in meadows, particularly in soils left by running streams, in l"^"''," which it seems to delight. The flowers are small, arranged up and '%down the stem in the style of a loose raceme, and in color white, with a slight tinge of yellow intermixed. It derives its name from the 1^ Greek, and signifies honey |^Hitn%iijt^, T WOULD brin: ^ Cure your dis: balm, and pour it in your wound; temper'd mind, and lit-al your I'ortun AND now philanthropy! thy ray '- *â Dart round the globe from Zei O'er each dark prison play Like nbla's to the 1 heering light. T N faith and hope the world will disagree, ^ But all mankind's concern is charity: All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. âPope. T HE primal duties shine aloft, like sta The charities that soothe, and heal, Are scatter'd at the feet of man, like flowers. â Wordsworth. YET was she no And wisely m; not profuse, but fear'd to waste, managed that the stock might la That all might be supplied, and she not grieve When crowds appear'd she had not to relieve; Which to prevent, she still increased her store; Laid up, and spared, that she might the more. âDrydcn K\ when the sickly taper shed Its light through vapors damp confined, Hushed as a seraph's fell thy tread, A new Electra by the bed Of suffering human kind. Pointing the spirit in its dark dismay To
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