Jacob's ladder

'''Jacob's ladder; Christ is Jacob's ladder''' that reacheth up to heaven; and he that refuseth to go by this ladder thither, will scarce by other means get up so high.

Jacob’s Ladder doubtless receives its name from the ladder-like leaves. The flowers are delicately blue with white tubes and are clustered on graceful stems a foot tall or less. They may be found in spruce forests on the mountains at 800…

And this is one of the signs by which you can tell a man-of-war from a merchantman, for in war-ships the catch ratline is on the aftermost shroud instead of on the foremost. In a man-of-war, too, the topgallant-rigging is never rattled d…