. 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 . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ijpiA^xm0xt. ^XCHltSCantia Dirgtnttfl. Natural Order: Commelynacex â Spiderwort Family. ^AMED after John Tradescant, a favorite gardener of Charles I. of England, and after his son of the same name, both distin- guished botanists and travelers, this plant is familiarly known as the Spiderwort. It is a common plant, with coarse, g
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. 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 . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ijpiA^xm0xt. ^XCHltSCantia Dirgtnttfl. Natural Order: Commelynacex â Spiderwort Family. ^AMED after John Tradescant, a favorite gardener of Charles I. of England, and after his son of the same name, both distin- guished botanists and travelers, this plant is familiarly known as the Spiderwort. It is a common plant, with coarse, grass- like leaves, and pretty purple or rose-colored flowers of a delicate texture. It is almost impossible to prepare a perfect specimen for the herbarium, as the least pressure discolors and withers its petals beyond recognition. The stem when broken discovers a viscous juice, that spins out like a spider's silken thread as the parts are separated, thus giving it its common appellation. The Cleome pungens has also been sometimes called Spiderwort, or Spiderflower, but belongs to the Caper Family, and is a tall, showy, biennial plant. The flowers, which bloom in racemes, are separately rather curious in y^ structure. The petals are mounted on threadlike claws, and extending above them, about twice their length, are the six stamens, like so many legs of a spider. Cleome, from the Greek, means something closed; iind pmgens, from the Latin, signifies piercing.. lrHtt$t«nl !|»pptni$$* â pUT I forgot the parting words she said, â â¢-' So much thej thrilled the all-attentive soul; For one short moment human heart and head May bear such bliss â its present is the whole; I had that present, till in whispers fell With parting gesture her subdued farewell. â'Jean higelow. â pLESSED, thrice blessed days! but ah! how short! Bless'd as the pleasing charms of holy men. But fugitive, like those, and quickly gone. O slippery state of things! What sudden turns, What strange vicis