It obtained the more familiar name | ot —— mas* Daisy 
from i nd the corol- 
las ema radiated, = nearly of the size of the common Da aisy. 
There are two varieties, viz: the dwarf and tall starwort. 
The common Michaelmass Daisy grows t e feet 
high e of both are r oy about four inches long, 
g of ma Poreeice e dw it variety produces srhaller 
flowers, of a a ‘ke k pu seis 
rth America abounds i in Asters of every variety of hue. 
ANEMONE. 
(See Note on Adonis.) 
Class 13.—PoLYANDBIA. Order.—POLYGYNIA, 
Vat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord, Juss. 
MULTISILIQU ZX. RANUNCULACEAE, 
Anemone, Greek ANEMONE, from anEMOs, the wind, because 
+} gg 2 J 4 + + a hh =. 
tt s 7 ? 
or, because it grows in situations much exposed to the wind. 
And coy « 
Her ioe antil ‘they’ re flaws on a ‘he wind. H. Smith. 
Ith I lar name of wind-flower. 
There grew a wind-flowers, and violets. Shelley. 
5B y informs us that —— was killed by a 
wild boar, wk hile enza ged in the chase o furious op ab 
be ing his blood, w pore was nee upon he ground, w 
enus, changed into the Tt Anemone, which has ever since 
ean the color 
By re oe — a by her side set — 
Was vapor from her 
a an t on the a 38 spilled, 
Ap aig flower sprung up chequered with white. ” ‘Shaks. 
The Anemone Vernalis is a native of the mountains, ~ bar- 
ren sands in Sweden, Germany, and gi d. Leaves pin- 
ar Leap red without, and white wi 
eek 
Grief on her cheeks tat baled men ed hue, 
And her sweet eye-lids dropp’d with pearly dew, 
* All wan and shivering i re se — bs 
The sad 
* 
Bréathe gent air! from chevab? ips im ae 
Thy balmy influence to my an sone dh 
UL whore soft voice calls forth the aa bloom: ms, 
ved senate s them, ‘and whos e breath perfumes. 
* 
anias give my j ace petals expand. 
To her fond prayer eeeiiois zephyr yields, 
Sweeps on n his sliding s shell throug haz ure fields, 
Waves 1419 whispering wand. + 
And gives her ivory petals to expand.” 
mone has, properly, no calyx; but or three se 
of Sheadray three i in a set, somewha ot oblong, which are folded 
over the ns istils in a singular ‘and bea man- 
the pakancwdas in not si a mellifer- 
ous pore on the claw of each peta a — 
f the length of the corolla  anth 
germ 
umerous na head; ne 
+ weceptncle 
obtuse; no pericarpium 
poeta or preen, Saieast and dotted ; 
. * Michaelmass, Michael and Mass. The feast of the archangel Michael, cele- 
Iti is said to expand its flowers 
acuminate, retaining the sty le. 
only in fine 
« Anemone, that shuns the impending shower.” Evans. 
And hails with kindling smiles the genial skies. Darwin. 
he flowers of the ea various colors—white. 
tteks purple, yellow, crimson, erohy peach-blossom, &c. 
Anemone now robed in ~ ie 
Now blushing with faint cr Gisborne. 
“See yon Anemones their — res dno 
With rubies flaming, and w ving £ gold. r 
The lily, or purple bell 
OF Persi ind-fl Maturin. 
e American Wild Anemone is very delicate ond fragile, 
end soon withers after being cropped. 
“Youth, like a thin Anemone, displays 
His sitken leaf, and in a morn fa s.” Sir Wm. Jones. 
APPLE TREE. 
PYRUS. 
Class 12..—ICOSANDRIA. Order.—PpreNTAGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. te 
CEX. ROSACE 
De Theis derives the generic name Pyrus, from the Celtic 
pare eg" the Anglo-Saxons hav © taken rere, fhe Eng 2 ra 
sam: 1 kind, is the origin ps on 
13 
called by. botanists 1 eg 
rab-tree.) e ge eneric name Pyrus includes other species, 
as the Pear, Quince, etc. 
The na ee e Sv ons aime ted crab-tree asf x orth America, Pyrus 
coronaria. ong been a sgtenes rope, for the sake of 
the otha goes violet-scented perf vat ort its b blush-colored 
blossoms, as Ww ell as fo “- = ray which, nt intl extremely 
acid, is most excellent when preserved with su en 
-mellow, it becomes delightfully fragrant. The se entirely 
yellow. 
The blossom of the Apple Tree is one of the handsomest of 
our fruit trees—its five concave petals, with a blush of the rose 
over a white, a hen the bright gree iage is fully 
expanded, gi it an advan the peach, and others, 
which bloom on a leafl 
is beautiful bl t fruit 1. 
ly esteemed, hold a 3 ve pl fi 1 language. 
Po pe, in his Odyssey, h i t 1 the fruit 
The iain apple ripens here to gold.” 4 
sig also alludes to the majestic and Bsr vigor of 
the tree ; 
“Thus Apple-trees, 
BS) els 
‘o eo 
’ 
— RB es R a IT. 
Class 21.—™MOoNG@CIA. Order. —MONADELPHIA. 
at. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
‘CONIF IFERE. 
, L. Greek THUION, THUIA, OF THUA; which is derived 
f to ume. 
rom THUO, — * ‘ 
Arbor Vite, L. from Arbor, a tree, and Vite, of life. The 
life. : 
CONIFER. 
brated on the 2¢th of September. 
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