gies 
niall => 
ar Se 
The English name Dandelion, w 
de lion, is expressive of = same ie, and lent, pee v8 
botanical 
The s specific name Taracac, or ‘Tar acon, is a name used 
i i to have been derived 
sensi use the plant to which 
mething nearly akin ne i 
heis wali it from the Greek rT 
r trouble. 
eon todon tarasacum, or common Dandelion, is esculent—its 
nched, have the taste of endiv e, and boi led, 
set a and bl 
and substituted for r coffee. 
“a Ay MS ay ts, flowers, ryan) ceo of dandelion, have all 
LD YZ ed for odicinel oses. 
. It is 3 one of the plan nts that ~ a mae bi depended 
of opening and closing its flowers. Flora’s 
best time-piece. The flowers of this habit. are styled by Lin- 
neus the Horologue, or watch of Flora 
ontodons unfold, 
On the swarth turf, their ray-encircle ed gold ; 
With Sol’s g beam the flowers unelose, 
And rising Hesper lights cor to repose 
tell, 
How fa: st their winged mo’ poids fly. Charlotte Smith. 
The ——- hispang: early in the spring, and continues 
throughout the 
‘Nor yet alone to full-robed spring confine 
Around her brow the crown of flame 58 bind, 
But scattered still o’er summer’s tawny vest, 
Their sere sweets — the insect guest.” 
Th A double 
calyx, rasa ey oblong. Coroll a, co ompeun root geaed 
uniform ; florets numerou: «Os ere: each of one peta 
five teeth. Receptacle naked, dotted. Down stal om 
Leaves radical, toothed, s 
ie full many @ see bloom 
of ti 
Thine t e the Dandelion flowers 
Gilt with dew, like suns with showers, John Clare. 
DAPHNE. 
Class 8.—OcTANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA- 
Nat. Ord. Linn, 
g tot 
us applied a name Daphne, bea peel — inte, a, 
of ceca the e being, 
nab! pnb toe a another 
species, a pan tn Sila 
more or less cluste Pea ek a delightfu tful fragrance 
Daph ne pontica, a native of f the side is a hardy evergreen, 
D. oe is that used in medicine, It isa aont 
plant. he flowers make aoe appearance ce before Se 
the stem or branch—they eae 
teasionally rant perfume is too ppwerfud re the con- 
ago 
Sateuuen eh t highly Veh 
iy remarkable for its very sweet, wale, funnel- oe: 
peeeta cae ring at the end of the branc’ — 
shaded by t the glossy bright green ‘filings, © 
them. from the rough 
blasts of winter, as the scorching heats of summer. 
DEW PLANT. 
MEZEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
Class 12.—1cosANDRIA, Order.—PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn, Nat. Ord. Juss 
SUCCULENT. é ProowEx. 
(See Ice Plant.) 
ere are more than Sa! Mig Marygolds, or Mezembryanthe- 
m have less of the frosted pad 
arygold, is one of 
uses, as >a in the garret 
i I out its trail- 
are stems © over r the flowe senety beari: sg a — sma wall ht red- 
dish purple pert Leaves remote, wo 09 ovate, tumid, 
flattish above. Branches pundit; aaa r, straggli Calye, 
five-cleft. Petals numerous, linea: os coheing a at the base. 
he M. Hispidum, is another ew plants. 
. Leaves 
cylindrical, blunt. Branches hai lowers larger than the 
oe and of ‘the same color, 
It will b 
nated, ond giving a wider field for sacha when the 
plant is to be used. 
DOGWOOD. 
CORNTS. 
Class 4.—-TETRANDBIA, 
at. inn. Nat. Ord. Juss, 
STELLAT#. CAPRIFOLIA, 
Cornus, from the Greek KRANEIA, SO called from t 
toughness of the w 
Ainsw worth defines es Cornu 1. The cornel tree, called the dog- 
“pg tr 
—— cherry. 
nous in North America 
That “designated. as “longa to )Virgialen 0. florida, or Vir- 
ginia Do; feet 
Leaves soitoe 9 ege-s haped, ac ate, green ve, glaucous 
beneath, petioled. — smal ye = eae of the invo- 
a odes inches bro do re, greenish bree som 
etimes 
nding i ina 
tip, wh ee makes them “seem  emarginat and henhapeds 
Soe gy one-flowered, forming c! ral and terminal 
m bel: 
EGLANTINE, English.—_EGLANTERIA, Latin. 
EUROPEAN SWEET BRIER. 
ROSA RUBIGINOSA. 
Class 12.—IcOSANDRBIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn, 
gunrrcos 2. 
(For Eaves, see Austrian Ror. , 
“ Eglanteria. z 
Order.—MONOGYNIA- 
, pea p> er een neater ates inerel <ieiind 
y é 
tier, of whose derivation we are ignorant. 
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