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f any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

A large marine scorpænoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.

iate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy. There's rose…

A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.

öl.), a North American grouse (Bonasa umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also tippet grouse, partridge, birch partridge, phea…

or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

illow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe in magical ceremonies.

Hernia. See Hernia.

Having a rupture, or hernia.

A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie. [Southern U.S.]

avian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time. And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.

A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

es of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.Samoyeds.

he buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.

A dyewood yielded by Cæsalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.]

A large toadfish the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).