...too. Do you remember how your favourite poet describes the lilac ? E. Oh yes ; those pretty lines — "The lilac, various in array : now white, Now sanguine,...spikes pyramidal : as if, Studious of ornament, yet unresolr'd Which hue she most approved, she chose them all." Since I have been saying those lines,...

...humbler growth, other* tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighb'ring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf,...various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauleous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolv'd Which...

...beauty as ornamental shrubs. The representative of 2. THE LILAC TRIBE, THE LILAC, SYRfNGA VULGA^RIS, " Various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her...beauteous head now set "With purple spikes pyramidal," was one of the first plants introduced by our forefathers, and it is universally found; often, in the...

...humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if, Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale...

...humbler growth, the other* tali, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them alii Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale and...

...purple flowers, called by the French gardeners, le lilas de Marly. Cowper had noticed its many hues. " Various in array, now white Now sanguine, and her...spikes pyramidal ; as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all." Scarcely less frequent in our gardens,...

...flowers, called by the French gardeners, le lilas de Marly. Cowper had noticed its many hues. , ^ " Various in array, now white Now sanguine, and her...spikes pyramidal ; as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all." Scarcely less frequent in our gardens,...

...tone and hue, produce a happy harmony, that might well baffle the painter and confound the observer. The Lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...spikes, pyramidal, as if, Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all. COWPSR. What immense pains does Nature...

...told by the traveller Tournefort : — Mahomet IV., with a COWPER. Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament; yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all. Copious of flowers, the woodbine pale and...

...humbler growth, the other* tall. And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them nil; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale...