Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &c., for the Use of Seminaries and Private Students |
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1-celled 1-flowered 1-seeded 2-valved 5-lobed 5-petalled 5-toothed acuminate acute ament animals anthers axillary base beautiful bell-form belongs beneath berry blossom botanists Botany bracts branches called calyx Calyx 5-cleft Calyx 5-parted capsule 2-celled cauline colour contains cordate corolla corymbs cotyledons cylindric dicotyledonous divisions drupe egret entire filaments florets frond fruit genera genus germ glabrous globose grasses Greek grow hairy hispid imbricate labiate lance-ovate lanceolate leaf leafets leaves lanceolate leaves opposite leaves ovate legume Leguminosa linear Linnæus lobes many-seeded margin naked natural nectary oblong obovate obtuse panicle pedicels peduncles perianth pericarp petals petioles pinnate Pistillate flowers pistils plants pubescent purple racemes receptacle resembling root roundish scales scape seeds serrate sessile shrub Silicle smooth spatha species spikes spreading stamens stamens and pistils Staminate flowers stem erect stigma style terminal ternate toothed tree tribe tube tubular umbels valves vegetable villose whorled wood yellow
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Page 149 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours. I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Page 150 - But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 59 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 219 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 206 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 219 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 191 - The eternal regions : lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom...
Page 236 - God, by whom all things were made, and without whom was not any thing made that was made.
Page 45 - He sets the bright procession on its way, And marshals all the order of the year. He marks the bounds which 'Winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury. In its case, Russet and rude, folds up the tender germ Uninjured, with inimitable art, And, ere one flowery season fades and dies, Designs the blooming wonders of the next.
Page 40 - But soon it withers in the chilling hour. Mark yonder oaks! Superior to the power Of all the warring winds of heaven they rise, And from the stormy promontory tower, And toss their giant arms amid the skies, While each assailing blast increase of strength supplies.