. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. SEA THRIFT. SEA THRIFT {Statice â maritima).SYUVKT:'iiY. " From the border lines, Composed of daisy and resplendent Thrift, Flowers straggling forth had on those paths encroached. Which they were used to ;âWordsworth. The generic name of this' plant is Greek, and denotes that which has the property of fixing, uniting, and retain- ing. The flowers are small, very numerous, turning towards the sky, forming pretty purple blue spikes. They are very ornamental border flowers, but
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. SEA THRIFT. SEA THRIFT {Statice â maritima).SYUVKT:'iiY. " From the border lines, Composed of daisy and resplendent Thrift, Flowers straggling forth had on those paths encroached. Which they were used to ;âWordsworth. The generic name of this' plant is Greek, and denotes that which has the property of fixing, uniting, and retain- ing. The flowers are small, very numerous, turning towards the sky, forming pretty purple blue spikes. They are very ornamental border flowers, but require considerable care. Naturally the plants prefer marshy places, and especially the shores of the sea, where they seem to bind the sands together by their abundant roots. THE SENSITIVE PLANT {Mimosa sensitiva).â Bashfulness. The sensitive plant seems to shrink from under the hand when about to touch it. At the slightest shock the leaflets bend one towards another in succession. Then the common leaf stalk, if the plant be low, bends down to the earth. A cloud passing between it and the sun suffices to change the position of the leaves and the whole appearance of the plant. The ancients observed the phenomenon. Pliny speaks of it, but neither Pliny, nor yet modern botanists have been able satisfactorily to explain it. A Dr. Dutrochet made a variety 182. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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