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irae cation called it oe from the downy or cottony 
which they collected to fill their 
couches and snntieadias: instead of wool or flocks. Pliny tells 
was alsoc op oe Chamezelon, which signifies low or 
n; and i hie Saas es nam med Albinum » from 
e saves and stalks, 
jun margarita- 
S flowers, 
ess. 
arr ench call Immortelle, 
Ss, ever since the 
ce meine for 
its 
y hands 
by 
The Ever rlasting flower which t 
the G. orientale—is in such dema sebhirss 
hill of Pere la Chaise has been cony erted into'a 
ly t 
Es 
f: oa ees 
; and 
eens for rted by fe nto gar rlands and 
crosse: ich are offered for “gale near the Sraerhce of burial 
eas 
It is stated to be a native iad orhage therefore improperly 
called G. rea it Golden Mother Wort, or 
cud-weed. esc owers as standing ‘‘on the 
top of the sta tkes ioined to ither in tuftes of a yellow color, 
of 
S 
peer like gold, in forme resembling the scalie flowers 
rs 
made of these flowers, and, hen ce, ney ere ede e called 
pent flowers. In Spain, and abe i they are still used to 
As an ornament for the saloon, or rheadare ress, a fi orientale 
me = modern ti mee, freque Ps tech various ¢ 
neral f thi 
mon aye, imbricated, its inner scales rounded, ke one 
colore f th funnel-shaped, 
in fi 
fl 7" marginal segments. Rinepeail naked. 
we “Gnaphalium, like the pong we a 10ye 
Can every 
FENNEL. 
ANETHUM, 
Order.—DIGYNIA. 
Class 5,—PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Juss. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
UMBELLATE 
ethum, is de sived from t e Greek Pegi up, and THEIN, 
use i 
h used i salad her 
Fen ~ ls form a pretty eaigpavoh or Aiabss, pater y of ai, 
for also used in sa It is a delicate fine-leaved, 
feathertike plant, and to rank. "thie odor is fb achong eevee grate- 
There are few house-keepers, or m rs, who do no 
pera the etal plant, with its s eeds, as w sith dp site 
A aie odor blown, more piece my sense, 
Than smell of sweetes sete ees: > 
tad 
he rural Deity Sylvanus, 3 g 
cle with its father benches, 
haking the 
ihe lily t prod ‘and nd fea eng Shona 
Sylvanus Virgil, Eclo. 10. 
FERN. 
FILICIA. 
Class 244.—cryprocamra. Order,—THE FIRST OF THIS CLASS. 
‘ad. — Nat. Ord. Juss. 
FILIC 
PR vas ane eof th this family of plants is supposed to be derived 
—in allusion to the slender stalks hey these 
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ies 
fecpehiae- an also, pre are termed capillary plants. Their 
n only be e discov rered by the aid 
as to present ‘to the eye only an impalpabl oF setae are most 
common! f the fronds or lea 
Frond isa ‘pote! = roth poe ye to t o pacian: r leafin, =e 
n a kind of “ester which 
he hae. 
ie teapete the union Fal a mae ye nd 
prea! her stem of ae is commonly the middle rib of 
e ‘leave 
T+ 
by se Mice crsouck the flower and fruit esca el a 
myst 
ted 
obser ation, ere re was a m 
aturally 
kspeare’s Henry IV, part I, we find an allusion to 
ara property. 
“We have the receipt of Fern-secd, we walk invisible.” 
Early superstition fixed upon St. John’s night (June 24,) as 
ng seeds. 
ct of Christians who first weteorm his name, abounded 
“ a supersii us ceremonies, charms, etc. no d the enters a 
of five days, observed by dies m, gave opportunity fer the 
youthfu Tenthusiast to wets ot in the 
pranks alluded to by Bidlake, in the following lines 
The village maids mysterio es re 
f “= og wongnenye rs sleepless neh the esha 
hat e sheds secret se y pre} 
eat an rites, predictive of beac ‘ae: 
irgins in silent tch 
xact at fwelve’s Layers us hou, tov 
ure lover o’er the threshold Pare 
favorites with all classes of ~~ 
ns appear to be peculiar 
a mild s sw eet mucilage, which in times of scarcity has been 
The eld the of 
larger sorts yie. e potash o. 
commerce, 
The equi. sefum 
akers and Same, into a ae with which to smooth “their 
work, etc., e' 
The gt ony Peni is very abundant in o wilds, and 
is 0 the most delicately — of f all —s say Its 
slenler gosy a rk t thre mle of s sti diverging from one 
ti ofa a roe ‘ae 
green, fora a sag inberrte feathery S aea beyond 
pone embellishment of rugged and wild mountain scenery 
has bee: balmed in the secerte poesy of Scott. 
seeaniinen ‘prefers t the Ca ledonian name of Bracken to that of 
Fern. In pic turing _ _ eet - a rise and disay lisappear- 
answere 
a shrill, and was 1 path the hill” --we see > the 
held enn al add, arose 
nded bows; 
sprung up 
‘rom shingles grey the 
The bracken bush se ee forth the — 
ind every tuft of broom 
fo plaided warrior arm’d for Sy ae 
