GREEK VALEREiN. 



dales, our meadows and downs ? Surely nothing. It has, 

 therefore, most deservedly been adopted as the emblem of 

 Usefulness. 



GRASS-LEAVED GOOSE-FOOT {CJienopodmm altis- 

 simtim). — I DECLARE War against You. 



This plant bears some resemblance to the pyramidal 

 cypress. In some parts of Italy, of which country it is a 

 native, the offering to any one the stems or stalks of it is 

 regarded as an insult. 



GREEK VALERIAN {Polemoiiiitm ccEvideum). — 



Rupture. 



Pliny records that the generic name Polemonium was 

 given to a plant, because several kings disputed the honour 

 of having discovered its virtues, and carried their disputes to 

 such an extent as to try to settle them by an appeal to arms. 

 It Vv'as also called Chilodynamia on account of its remarkable 

 excellence. Pliny's plant is unknown now, but the name is 

 borne by a pretty blue border flower, of easy culture and 

 long known to the florist. 



GUELDER ROSE ( Vilmrnmn o/y?iI?is).—GoOT) News. 



I HIS is indigenous, and not unconmionly found in moist 



tl^laccs in various parts of Great l>ritain in June and Jul\'. It 

 is, however, better known as the Snowball Tree, which forms a 



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