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A Lady |
Title |
Flora and Thalia, or, Gems of flowers and poetry : being an alphabetical arrangement of flowers, with appropriate poetical illustrations, embellished with coloured plates / by a lady. |
Imprint |
London: Henry Washbourne, 1835. Printed by Bradbury and Evans…Late T. Davidson
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Call number |
WPRP 341 |
Physical Description |
xii, 200, [4] p., [26] leaves of plates: ill. (lithographs); 14 cm. |
Citation |
Jackson,
Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 82. |
Notes |
Publisher's advertisements:[2] p. at end. |
Epigraph |
"Not a Tree,
A Plant, a Leaf, a Blossom, but contains
A folio volume" |
Online copy |
CU Digital Library |
Contents |
INTRODUCTORY POEMS | |
AN ODE TO SPRING | GRAY 1 |
APRIL | CLARE 3 |
THE GREENHOUSE | COWPER 5 |
GARDENING | COOPER 7 |
THE GARDEN | THOMSON 9 |
THE CHAPLET | RICHARDSON 11 |
THE CLOSE OF SPRING | SMITH 12 |
MAY | DARWIN 13 |
THE SUMMER'S CALL | MRS. HEMANS 13 |
SUMMER – THE TROPICS | THOMSON 15 |
SUMMER MORNING | MILTON 16 |
INVITATION TO SOLITUDE | THOMSON 16 |
THE PARTING OF SUMMER | MRS. HEMANS 17 |
AUTUMN | THOMSON 18 |
L' AUTUMNE | DE LAMARTINE 19 |
WINTER | THOMSON 20 |
DECEMBER | SCOTT 20 |
THE SEASONS | HERVEY 21 |
CHOICE OF SEASONS | MONTGOMERY 22 |
FLORA ALPHABETICA WITH POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS | |
ANEMONE PRATENSIS PLATE A | 25-7 |
BLUE OR HAREBELL | NON SCRIPTUS 28-31 |
CHRISTMAS ROSE | HELLEBORUS NIGER 32-5 |
DAHLIA | PLATE D DAHLIA GEORGINA 36-8 |
EVENING PRIMROSE | ORNOTHERA 39-43 |
FOXGLOVE | PLATE F DIGITALIS PURPUREA 44-7 |
GILLYFLOWER (STOCK) PLATE G | 47-50 |
HEKIOTROPE OR TURNSOLE PLATE H HELIOTROPIUM | 51-2 |
IRIS, THE PURPLE | IRIS SUBBIFLORA 53-4 |
JASMINE | PLATE J JASMINUM 55-60 |
KING-CUP OR MEADOW CROWFOOT | PLATE K RANUNCULUS ACRIS 61-2 |
LAVENDER | PLATE L LAVANDULA SPICA 63-6 |
MEZEREON | PLATE M DAPHNE MEZEREUM 67-9 |
NARCISSUS | PLATE N NARCISSUS TAZETTA 70-73 |
ORCHIS | PLATE O ORCHIS 73-6 |
PINK, THE CLOVE | DIANTHUS |
| CARYOPHYLLUS 77-9 |
QUINCE | PLATE Q PYRUS CYDONIA 80-2 |
ROSE, THE PROVENCE PLATE R | 82-98 |
SOLOMON'S SEAL | CONVALLARIA |
TOBACCO | PLATE T NICOTIANA TABACUM 103-4 |
UVA URSI, (BEAR BERRY) PLATE U | 105-6 |
VIOLET PANSEY OR THREE COLORED VIOLET | VIOLA TRICOLOR 107-19 |
WALL-FLOWER | PLATE W C. CHEIRI 120-9 |
YELLOW WATER-FLAG PLATE Y | 130-4 |
ZEDOARY | PLATE Z ZEDOARY 135-6 |
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS | |
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY | BURNS 139 |
BANKS OF DEVON | BURNS 142 |
VERS A MADAME DE Ch*** | DE ST. LAMBERT 143 |
FADING FLOWERS | WESLEY 144 |
MOTHER'S DIRGE OVER HER CHILD | MOIR 145 |
TO ---- | BYRON 148 |
THE NOSEGAY | OLD SONG 149 |
AUX FLEURS | DELILLE 149 |
TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE | KIRKE WHITE 151 |
THE BUD OF THE ROSE | OLD SONG 152 |
MORTE DE DARDINELLO | ARIOSTO 152 |
FIELD FLOWERS | CAMPBELL 155 |
THE SUN-FLOWER | THOMSON 153 |
THE SNOW-DROP | BARBAULD 153 |
A CHRISTMAS WREATH | TWAMLEY 154 |
A DAISY'S OFFERING | 154 |
THE PURPOSE OF FLOWERS | MARTIN 156 |
LA FARFALLA SULLA ROSA | BERTOLA 157 |
THE DIAL OF FLOWERS | HEMANS 158 |
COWSLIP AND ROSE | PRIOR 159 |
THE DAISY IN INDIA | MONTGOMERY 160 |
FLOWERS OF THE FIELD PROVE GOD'S EXISTANCE | DR. GOOD 162 |
A HAPPY COUNTRY DWELLING | 163 |
CHILD AND FLOWERS | HEMANS 164 |
LOVE'S WREATH | MOORE 166 |
TO MAKE AN HORTUS SICCUS | 167 |
THE MARYGOLD | WITHERS 170 |
TO THE CROCUS | PATTERSON 171 |
LE LODE DEGLI POMI | ALMSNNI DEL. COL. 172 |
LINES TO A YOUNG LADY | R. PATTERSON 173 |
SPRING AND SUMMER FLOWERS | 175 |
POETICAL PORTRAIT | JEWSBURY 176 |
LA BRANCHE D' AMANDIER | DE LAMARTINE 177 |
THE PRIMROSE | HERRICK 179 |
BRING FLOWERS | HEMANS 179 |
THE CELANDINE | WORDSWORTH 181 |
SUR DES (EILLETS ARROSES PAR LE GRANDE CONDE) | DE SCUDERY 182 |
LE MATIN | VICTOR HUGO 183 |
NIGHT-SCENTED FLOWERS | HEMANS 184 |
ON PLANTING A TULIP ROOT | 185 |
THE WREATH | S.J. 187 |
ON THE LILY | SEVERAL 188 |
THE BLUE HAREBELL | TWAMLEY 189 |
ON A TIME-PIECE | SACRED OFFERING 191 |
LILY OF THE VALLEY | BISHOP MANT 192 |
THE SNOW DROP | WORDSWORTH 195 |
TO A PRIMROSE | CARRINGTON 196 |
APRIL FLOWERS | BISHOP MANT 197 |
THE DEATH OF FLOWERS | CAROLINE BOWLES 199 |
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