Identifier: horticulturistjo1869alba (find matches)
Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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s the Venetian-Gothic—with a tendencytoward the former, evinced mainly in the use of different kinds and colors of stone inthe exterior walls. A special feature of the design is the tasteful choice of inscriptions of scriptural epithetsand texts in prominent positions. Beneath a cross, which finishes the apex of the transept gable facing the east, is carved,enriched with fohage, the words, Agnus Dei—and following them at intervals, similarlycarved, are the words * Lux, Dux, Lex, Rex, Alpha, and Omega, andlower still the text, Blessed are all they that trust in Him ; while around the great arch,spanning the porch and rose window above it, are seen covered the rose, the lily, wheat, thevine, the lion, the crown, and the star, symbols which need no translation to those whoknow the blessings of a trust in Him who is The Lamb of God, the Light of theWorld, Our Leader, Our King, The Alpha and the Omega, The Rose ofSharon, The Lily of the VaUey, The Bread of Life, The True Vine, The Lion
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242 Mardy and Malf-Mardy. of the Tribe of Judali, The Crown of Glory, and The Bright and Morning Star.Beneath the window, a band of foliage is carried across the archway, and bears thetext, He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. Below it again, on each side of the porch, are carved on gablets, bearing the symbols ofthe four Evangelists, the words, We are his witnesses, while the porch itself, adomedwith pohshed pillars of porphyry, whose capitals are carved with olives and palm branches,shelters, under the overhanging arch of the door, a group in relief, a Christus Consola-tor, and the inclosing text, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give jou rest. We are indebted to Samuel Sloan, of Philadelphia, for illustration. The architect isMr. Edward T. Potter, 56 Wall street, New-York. Hardy and Half-Hardy. BY R. M. COPELAND, BOSTON. WHEN last discussing the capabilities of plants, the test of hardihood used was theirpower of enduring or resisting sun and wind

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