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Flowers-Thyme: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Thyme. Thymus. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. Midsummer-Night's Dream. Act II. Sc. I. L. 249. Trillium, Birth-Root. Trillium. Now about the rugged places And along the ruined way, Light and free in sudden graces Comes the careless tread of May, - Born of tempest, wrought in power, Stirred by sudden hope and fear, You may find a mystic flower In the spring-time of the year!— DORA READ GOODALE — Trillium.

Tuberose. Polianthes Tuberosa. The tuberose, with her silvery light, That in the gardens of Malay Is call'd the Mistress of the Night, So like a bride, scented and bright; She comes out when the sun's away. C.— MOORE — Lalla Rookh. Light of the

Harem. Tulip. Tulipa. And tulips, children love to stretch Their fingers down, to feel in each Its beauty's secret nearer.— E. B. BROWNING — A Flower in a Letter.

You believe In God, for your part?-ay? that He who makes, Can make good things from ill things, best from worst, As men plant tulips upon dunghills when They wish them finest.— E. B. BROWNING — Aurora Leigh. Bk. II.

'Mid the sharp, short emerald wheat, scarce risen three fingers well, The wild tulip at end of its tube, blows out its great red bell, Like a thin clear bubble of blood, for the children to pick and sell.— ROBERT BROWNING — Up at a Villa. Down in the City. St. 6.

Bring the tulip and the rose, While their brilliant beauty glows.— ELIZA COOK — Journal. Vol. IV. St. 2. The Heart That's True.