Scree Cycles · @scree
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More spring #flowers and #blossom #cowslips #Bluebells
#flowers #blossom #cowslips #bluebells
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#December 9, 1608
#OTD John #Milton, #English #Poet, is born.
His #Elegy, called #Lycidas, was dedicated to his #Friend, Edward King, who died young.
The #Poem mentions 11 #Flowers at his #Funeral including the #Primrose, #TuftedCrowToe, #Gessamine, #Pansy, #Violet, #MuskRose, #Woodbine, & #Cowslips.
The #Verse ends:
Every #Flower that #Sad #Embroidery wears:
Bid #Amaranthus all his #Beauty shed,
& #Daffadillies fill their cups with #Tears,
To strew the #Laureate #Hearse where #Lycid lies.
#December #otd #Milton #english #poet #elegy #lycidas #friend #poem #flowers #funeral #primrose #tuftedcrowtoe #gessamine #pansy #violet #muskrose #woodbine #cowslips #verse #flower #sad #embroidery #amaranthus #beauty #daffadillies #tears #laureate #hearse #lycid
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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November 22, 1900
#OTD #Science & #Flowers: Study of the One Does Not Destroy the Love of the Other appeared in The Indianapolis News.
"Must the scientific sense blunt the aesthetic one?
Pistils & stamens, nectaries & receptacles - don't always go well with artless talk about sweet #Blooms & bright #Berries.
Flowers are inextricably woven about human life.
When will the #Artist be tired of painting the children in the meadows with their laps full of #Cowslips or #Celandine?"
#otd #science #flowers #blooms #berries #artist #cowslips #celandine #garden #nature