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by which flies of the smaller kind are entrapped ; a curious 
ing the honey, or devouring t the seed. 
The word Silene, p ace ri a vn = Greek sIALon, 
Latin, saliva. De Thei uces rectly from the 
drunke n god Silenus, pocions name ~ is su — to have a simi- 
lar origi 
The fell Silene, and her sisters fair, 
oes in Snenting, meena: the viscous snare, 
e gliering nations, tenants of the 
e your iewles a course afar ! 
lure you to ak tila, 
art, in vain you point your sting, 
the eff rts of your whirring wings! 
he general character of this genus is, a calyx of one ~— 
swe. ra petals, five; with erect, narrow awe, the len, meth.of 
Darwin. 
lled, bursti he tp ; — numerous, . kids 
ney-shaped, attached toa cera re receptacle. 
There are varieties of pin S aasier cn = gi 
flowers. They are hardy, herbaceous 
The. North American species S, Pennsylvanica, to be found 
from Florida to Canada, is one of the prettiest ve Thal Pr tr s. 
root-leaves, many low stems, ‘terminating i in three forked } pani- 
or —e and somewhat crenated alo ong the whol margin. 
ed 
SS _. weak, forked branches; and aniiele’ with 
bisa or tw peist and e ed stamens, The flowers, 
a deep scarlet, oe great peat ty. 
CEDAR, 
JUNIPERUS. 
Class 22.—practa. \ Order.—MONADELPHTIA. 
~~ Ord. Linn. Ord, Juss. 
NIFERE, CONIFER. 
uniperus, an ancient Latin name; of whose meaning or 
derivation, — account s given. 
Cedar, a 38, L. Cedre, Fr. Kadar, Hebrew, to be dark. 
Greek, KED 
The. Suni Virginiana, Virginian Juniper, or Red Cedar— 
oa 
hative of North America, the West India islands, _and Japan. 
resisting the attacks of insects; being the well 1 known 
red cedar used in lead cils, etc. It is the mo: mmon 
its s in th ited States. The foliage is aiiion, 
nhumerously subdivided, and posed of small s si i 
all. 
vet w: 
one a 
spicuous : no corolla, only a calyr. 
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pared, 
“The memory of our co shall be 
As changeless as the cedar tree.” 
Of the boasted Cedar of Lebanon, pay nee in build- 
ing the Temple of Solomon,) there 
remains, few 
r Lussy, a 
‘another Munchausen, surely,) “ound one 
Libanus, as big as seven men could com spon M 
Pet 
cee 
“Soya Fee 
d of Juniperus is said to be very durable; and 
n 
cient authors » for the assertion, 
@s the sam 
ited for more than a year. In the 120th 
reference to this enduring quality: “ What 
t =? Or what shall to th 
rp arrows of the mighty, with use “a 
his expression 0 of Day. id’s Sir Tho oma ar 
a smart fire, And th ill 
~ “ avert burning, but the lasting pe of t their ee 4 
commentators understand the vehement one lasting 
on of the Juniper and coals to represent the intense and 
enduring misery in reserve for those guilty of s rab 
CHERRY-TREE. 
PRUNUS CERASSUS, 
Class 12.—1IcoSANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord, Juss. 
ER. 
POMACEZ, ROSAC 
The generic name mus occurs in seit iny, and other tn 
uthors. It is poet in e e Gr. PRO a plum tree, by T 
phrast nd ac ang ae my carhage is died d from P ln Aen 
(Gr.) an Asiati € wild plum" 
e. 
Pru mbraces iat space, as the varieties of plums, 
icetceea, rie or black thorn, etc. 
he speci Hag name Cerassu cording to Servius, was giv 
to the Cherry Tree by Ecul, siete: the defeat ry Mithridates 
and the densrisstion of the city Cerassus, in Pontus, near ne 
Euxine Sea, from whence ny fae the fruit to Rome—hen 
its na 
ee introduced into Britain, by the 
ina years ti Si ea and 
wae over all Europe, e 
e Romans, about one 
from thence it has found its 
CHICK-WEED. 
ALSINE, 
Class 5,—-PENTANDRIA, Order.—TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord Linn, vat. Ord. Juss. 
CARYOPHYLLE®. CARYOPHYLLEZ 
——— from the sipeven ALSOS, a grovi 
a diminutive citizen of the il being confined ag no 
maa een or country annual, flowering t 
out ee whole year. 
© woods, it sometimes exceeds a = er in ets 
bat in eee: garden w es lawns, etc. o es. 
, and exposure in whieh a mo pi a 
“» ts luxuriance; increasi ing its stamens from ae = ten, 
and ex — its lea 
ves in proportion, from half, to two 
inches long, et 
nm hlled. ia ts young and tender state, it forms an 
excellent salad, fala inferior to the spring spinach. All 
cattle ‘ond of it; bi i 
roperties asc 
mation. A pe of it i is fabled ae Nn = power 
of drawing arrows 3 forcing th ender 
sem as 
Noi 
f the 
plants. In the total absence of the sun, the leaves pe alin’ 
in pai 
of ees new shoots, 
These several properties of the plant being understood, o 
emblem attached to it by the Frenc h, bec comes pic asia 
na th 
ald the 
the lover who may be eouse of the grind ‘fon 
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