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TRUMPET-FLOWER. 
THY. MBs 
‘ THYMUS. BIGNONIA, 
Be ey =—s Class aang i nat Order.—aymnosrenmia, | Class 14.—DipYNAMtIA. Order.—ANGI0SPERMIA. 
RIS inn, 
PERSONATR. 
AN 
; Nat. Ord. 
¥ Vv skieteaibien 
‘ournefort, the flowers of this genus were in 
a Paris isian of the si ixteenth ¢ century 
By To 
honor of the Abbe Bignon. 
en the sine verb su, pet and this latter verb Ainsworth explains 
by the verb to perfume. “stn ei ives the same etymology of t ten years 
of the word thymum or ¢. 7 
minute desertion of this plant, would be | i, 5 native of North America. It is a favorite ee for 
+e 
To enter into a mi 
base timethrown away, in the 
pie gather or eg thyme, has bee wn. in all time h 
and to all perso any sas ee the genus, too 
. — thyme has often been noticed rs of t the same e year,” in ie ith acme with Jon 
ba.knegeets: coral i is of an orange red, monopetalous—blooming dasie 
Guide my way mid s 
fai , the green retreats , B. Crue ilette: a 
th vale. Akenside. pl 
nother species of the Trumpet-flower, 
1 +h 
be pte bones 
my goats, shall I behold he iva € ients, to 
le an ers 
ri vial ra from a section ft the 
The et cliffs, or crop the flow’ry th: a 
a Dryden’e Virgil. Vv 
yhi presents a@ cross. Its ts flower are large tubu- 
k red , inside, yellow. Also 
he poet felt that Time was, indeed, hastening, with rapid 
stridor, the mom ment, w hen, by pe pamegson he would be 
ov ed sylv 
ran soldier, who we ‘paleede sentiment or imagination, to fit Fame’s bright star, and glory’s swell, 
In the trumpet-flower, is pictured well. 
e common Sie. stamegeniniee of Fame, exhibits her i ina a 
him for his success 
" = old man! Reset *mid the custom’d streams 
5 
Th 
ing attitude, ine a trumvet 
and discourse she occasions. 
acred spri 
Ah! — I _— once again beh nei Thund’ring 
When many a year in tedious round has we golden slumbers seal her iyessarae eyes: 
My native seats?—Ah! ne’er with ravish' thought 
Gaze on my little realm, and turf-built cot ?” 
A ee pathetic address to his happy flock, browsin 
on the rocky cliff, unconscious of the troubles of their master, 
or the desertion that awaited them, closes the Eclogue. See Wh I sight 
note on seem’d her stature of a cabit's height; 
Ww But pate y o larger size, the more I gazed, 
Till to -~ roof her tow’ ing Fr apg rais’d. 
tion, t of activity. It isa favorite sale call the 
cheerful ie tte tenants of the air. 
the wi Such was her form, as ancient i have told, 
to their ephemeral existence. Wings raise her arms, and wings her feet infold; ; 
A thousand busy tongues the pe s bears, 
Ath 1 es. and a t 7 
TIGER-FLOWER. 
TIGRIDIA. 
Class 16.—MONADELPHIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
ENSATE. 
TUBEROSE. 
Order.—TRIANDRIA, Z 
Na t on a. Juss POLYANTHES TUBEROSA. 
Class 6.-HEXANDBIA. 
Tigridia, so called, ssn ye beautifully ats pas re- at. Ord, Tina. 
sembling the skin oi a —_— or leopard. ee 
Of this splendid M aka Peruvian flower, only one spe- Polyanthes,a name given. by! | owe and we must therefore 
d, the . Tigridia pavonia. It hasa bulbous root, | accept hi Sag ph h is— 
mble the chestnut in flavor, when roasted, rom G and ANTHOs, nial 
ter i because this rally cultivate, and sold in 
for the sake of its Fst 
ipa French know it oa the name of ron use—the Englis! 
—both is taken from the Latin path 
which a= ave aanaiaed 6 nthus t 
te it Polyanthes, as Linnzus originally gseptitie oe 
to be fro 
as several, a ple: tentifal su succession 
poe mecha and suppose the etymology 
word POLUS, many. _ This derivation is. peculiarly pplicable 
which is said to rese 
llative pavonia, fro y apse is 
given nm on erat of ya gorgeous pen of its petals, re- 
ss brilliant tints of that pompously | rows and closely studded for a aroun depth on the stem, 
which is often more than three feet high. 
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