Walks After Wild Flowers, or the Botany of the Bohereens (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Walks After Wild Flowers, or the Botany of the Bohereens

Happy ye sons of busy life, Who, equal to the bustling strife, N 0 other view regard: Even when the wished end's deny'd, Yet while the busy means are ply'd, They bring their own reward.

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Excerpt from Walks After Wild Flowers, or the Botany of the Bohereens

Introduction into the green lanes; Invitation to an acquaintance with the beauties of our wild-flowers, and their familiar histories. The love of flowers coeval with our race; We retain that portion of our primitive tendency as enjoyed in the paradise; it is an emanation of our best nature which ought to be encourage and educated. "Little-Roads," the "Bohereens" of the ancient celtic tongue are the best places to botanize; "Roadlets," as they may be translated give shelter to plants, and kindly invite the visitor who seeks their intimacy. - The natural order of grouping is recommended; It generalizes, while the linnæan system hardly does more than individualize the vegetable family. - The biography begun with the crowfoot-tribe of plants; Viz, Virgin's Bower, Meadow Rue, Feathered Columbine or Gold-Flowered Thalia. - Properties of the described plants: their adaptation in shrubberies or Parterres, etc.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.