Walks After Wild Flowers Or the Botany of the Bohereens
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Sweet is it at the hour of even- ing, and yielding then " Its stream of balm, most sovereign and dainty dear. " The common name of this wanderer in hilly pas- tures is " Dame's Violet ;" its pale pinky blossoms having recommended it to the cottage gardens of rural dames, and suggested a rather far-fetched resemblance to the single violet's blossom; or, perhaps, indeed, the perfume was what gave the notion of this relationship. It is found in the rubbish of old gardens by the way-side ; but in i...ts wild single state, can scarcely hope to be per- mitted on a visit into the modern parterre. Our hesper, or vesper-flower, was described by that patriarch of herb-seers, the English botanical antiquary, Gerarde, so long ago as 1597. It is probable that the beautiful columnar flower, the double white rocket, is a sport of our plant, pro- duced by the multiplication of its petals, and by a modification of other organs into petals. It was first noticed in Itaty, and our garden flower is said to be a native of that fine climate.
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