ISO The £.an(jua Wood Sorrel. — 5anuaris 7tb — Through the covert of the wood, Hunt the sorrel creeping.— Montgomery. Bdtterenpi. — 8tb — Kichei. While the trees are leafless, While the fields are bare, Golden, glossy buttercups. Spring up here and there. Agnes Strickland, Periwinkle — 9tb — Sweet Remembrsneee. Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths ; And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air that breathes.— Wordsworth. Heeds. — tOtb — Music. There’s music in the sighing of a reed ; Tucre’s music in the guying of a rill. Byron. Scotch Thistle. — IIH) — EeUUetion. Hurrah for the thistle I the brave Scotch thistle, The ever*green thistle of Scotland for me. Maclagan. Daisy. — I2tb — Cheerfulness. The daisy meek, frae the dewy dale. The wild thyme, and the primrose pale, Wi’ the lily frae the glassy lake. Of these a fragrant wreath I’ll make. John Finlay. PrimroM. — January I3tb — E*rly Youth. Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory. Wordswortk. —I4tb - Welcome, pale primrose! How much thy presence beautifies the ground, How sweet thy modest, unaffected pride, Glows on the sunny banks and wood’s warm side. Clare. — tStb — Pale primroses. That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength. Shakespeare. — t6tb — I SAW it in my evening walk— A little lonely flower— Under a hollow bank it grew. Deep in a mossy bower. Caroline Southey. — I7tb — Ask me why I send you here. This firstling of the infant year ; Ask me why I send to you. This primrose all be-pearled with dew 1 Carew. —I8tb — Primrose, who doth haunt the hours of Spring, A wood-nymph, brightening places lone and green. Firry Cornwall. > <► EaflodUi. — 3anuar^ I0tb — Begard. A HOST of golden daffodils ; Beside the Take beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Wordsworth. Prlmroie. — 20tb — Early Toatk. In dewy glades The peering primrose, like sudden gladness, Gleams on the soul—yet unregarded fades— The joy is ours, but all its own the sadness. Coleridge. — 2l0t — Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire. Whose modest form, so delicately fine. Was nursed in whirling storms. And cradled in the wind.— H. K. White. — 22nb — When early primroses appear. And vales are decked with daffodils I hail the new reviving year. And soothing hope my bosom fills. Kingcups. — 23rb — Desire of RlckM. Nor all forgotten be those humble flowers, Daisies and buttercups.— T. L. Merritt. Shamrock. — 24tb — Llght-heartedneu. Oh! < > the shamrock, the green, immortal shamrock Chosen leaf Of bard and chief. Old Erin’s native shathrock ! Dally. Innocence. o — 3anuar^ 25tb — That old favourite—the daisy—bom By millions in the balmy vernal mom— The child’s own flower !— Can ington. Wood Anemonei. — 26tb — Forlomneu. F LOWERS of the wild wood ! your home is there, Mid all that is fragrant, all that is fair. Anne Pratt. Bindweed (Small). — 27tb — Humility. My jewels are the primrose pale, the bindweed, and the rose; And show me any courtly queen more beautiful than those. —Mary Howitt. The SmalT Celandine. — 28tb — Joyi to Come. There is a flower, the lesser celandine. That shrinks, like many more, from cold and rain ; And, the first moment that the sun may shine. Bright as the sun himself, ’tis out again. A ordsivorth. Scorpion Orau. — 29tb — Forget-me-not. A BONNY wee flower grew green in the wuds, Like a twinklin’ star amang the duds ; And the langer it livit the greener it grew. For ’twas lulled by the winds and fed by the dew. Harebell. — 30tb — Submiislon, Grief. In Spring’s green lap there blooms a flower. Whose cup imbibes each vernal shower. That sips fresh Nature’s balmy dew. Clad in her sweetest, purest, blue. Caroline Symnions. o- Field Howeri. — ^anuarie 3l0t — Ye field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you, ’tis true, Yet, wildlings of nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of ola.— Campbell. Wild Thyme. — ^ebruarig l0t — Activity. I KNOW a bank whereon the wild thyme blows. Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows. Shakespeare. Thiftle. — 2n& — Betaliatlon. The greenest, the sweetest, the fairest of flowers Is the thistle—the thistle of Scotland for me. K. L. Malone. Poor Robin. — 3tb — CompenMtion. Poor Robin yet is flowerless ; but how gay With his red stalks upon this sunny day ; And as his tufts of leaves he spreads, content With a hard bed and scanty nourishment. Wordsworth. Ivy. mix. — 4tb — Friendship, FldeUty. But the stout old ivy shall never fade From its hale and hearty green. C. Dickens. — 5tb — Humility. Ulix ! that dost crown with gold All the wild and breezy heath. Forming many a gorgeous wreath, Fragrant with thy odorous breatll. ^ * Cowilip. —Jcbruarig 6tb— Youthful Beauty. I LOVE the cowslip, with its yellow cup ; And there the honey-bee delights to dwell. 7’. L, Merritt. Cowslip. — 7tb — Winning Crace. Oh, but to brea.the the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. Hood. Cowslip. — 8tb — Early Joys. On pastures wide and green, upon a thousand stems. Fit for a fairy queen to wear for precious gems, Young cowslips smile at earth and sky With sweetest breath and golden eye. Miss Taylor. Almond (Flowering). — 9tb — Hope. Almond blossom, sent to teach us That the Spring days soon will reach us; Blossom, clouding all the tree With thy crimson broidery'.— Edwin Arnold. Evening Primrose. — lOtb — Inco n st an cy. Fair flower, that shunn’st the glare of day. Yet lov’st to open, meekly bold, To evening’s hues of sober gray Thy cup of paley gold.— Bernard Barton. Pink (Single). — lltb — Pure Love. r# L£ _ Where yellow cowslips, and the bashful pink. Their mingled sweets and lovely hues combine. Dodsley. , ► Spring Croctu. — If Cbruar^ I2tb— ToQthftal OlJMlneu. Lowly, sprightly little flower ! Herald of a brighter bloom, Bursting in a sunny hour From thy winter’s tomb. Mary Paterson. — I3tb — Hues you bring, bright, gay, and tender, As if never to decay ; Fleeting in their varied splendour— Soon, alas ! it fades away. Mary Paterson. — Htb — Like lilac-flame its colour glows, Tender, and yet so clearly bright. Mrs. Hemans. — 15tb — W elcome, mild harbinger of Spring ! To this small nook of earth. Feeling and fancy fondly cling Round thoughts wuich owe their birth to thee. Barton. —I6tb — Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every grace. Throws out the snowdrop and the crocus first. Thomson. Cuckoo Flower. —17tb— Paternal JError. The cuckoo-flower and hyacinth. Those blossoms of each woodland wild ; The primrose and anemone. Oh, I have prized them from a child ! Anne Pratt. Daffodil. — Jfebruar^ 18tb. — unrequited Love. The daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy o’er the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o’ the yeai ; For the red blood reigns in the winter’s pale. Shakespeare. — I9tb — Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon.— Herrick. Hepatica. — 20tb — Confidence. Hkpaticas so fair, in ben.uty grow, Though February’s chilly winds do blow. Bluebells. — 2lSt — Constancy. Li:t the proud Indian boast of his jessamine bowers, His pasture of perfume, and rose-covered dells, While humbly I sing of those wild little flo vers. The blue-bells of Scotland, the Scottish blue-bells. Sillery. Anemone — 22nb — Forsaken. F ROM the soft wing of vernal breezes shed Anemones. Thomson. Purple Columbine. — 23rb — Resolved to Win. Columbines, in purple dressed. Nod o’er the ground-bird’s hidden nest. Bryant. ■o- A raiiy. — jfebruarv 24tb — Innocence. The daisy amused my fond fancy, So artless, so simple, so wild. Bttrns. — 25tb — Daisifs, ye flowers of lowly birth, Embrcid’rers of the carpet earth. That stud the velvet sod. John Clare. — 26tb — A QUERN in crown of rubies dres’t. Wordsiuorth. — 27tb — Bright lower ! whose home is everywhere, A pilgrim bold in Nature’s care. IVordsTvorth. — 28tb — Wer, modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou bonnie gem. Burns. — 29tb — The daisj'-’s cheek is tipp’d with a blush, She is of such low degree. Hood. Foresiglit. 6 * Strawberry Bloisoma. —/©arcb let— Look at it, the flower is small, Small and low, though fair as any. Wordsivorth. WUd Geranium. — 2nb — Steadfaet Piety. Though nursed by field, and brook, and wood, And wild in every feature. Spring ne’er unsealed a fairer bud. Nor found a blossom sweeter.— Clare. Birch Tree — 3rb — Oracefnlneii. Most beautiful Of forest trees, the lady of the woods. Coleridge. Omonda. — 4tb — Greame. Fair ferns and flowers, and chiefly that tall fern. So stately, of the queen osmunda named, Plant lovelier in its own retired abode On Grasmere’s beach, than naiad by the side Of Grecian brook. — Wordsworth. Apple BloMom. — 5tb — Preference. What virgin’s cheek Can match this apple bloom ? Elliot. OinqnefoiL — 6tb — Maternal Affection. How gracefully the potentilla throws Its trailing branches down the rude bank side. Until they kiss the wavelet as it flows O’er pebbles poUshed by the crystal tide. Tyas. . ► Primrose. — /©arcb 7tb — Early Youth. < ► A SWEET yellow primrose On March ope’d her een, Like wee starries of gowd In a bricht clud o’ green. H. MacDonald. Qum Cistus. — 8tb — I shall die to-morrow. Flower, thou seem’st not bom to die, With thy radiant purity. But to melt in air away. Mingling with the soft .spring day. Airs. He mans. Birch. — 9tb — Meekness. Sweet is the birk, wi’ its mantle o' green. | 'I dnnahill. i Heath. — lOtb — Solitude. \ The purple heath and golden broom i On moory mountains catch the gale ; O’er lawns the lily sheds perfume, i The violet in the vale .—James Montgomery. ^ j Bindweed. — lUb — Humility. | Lo ! the blue bindweed doth itself enfold I With honeysuckle, and both these entwine j Themselves with briony and jes.samine, ! To cast a kind and odoriferous shade. j Ben Jons on. ; Amaryllis. — I2tb — Pride, Haughtiness. i When amaryllis fair doth show the richness of her fiery glow, The modest lily hides her head ; the former .seems so proudly spread To win the gaze of human eye. O’ 55 ^ Violets. — /Warcb I3tb — Modesty. Lovkly your modest blossoms downward bent, As shrinking front our gaze, yet prompt to bless The passers-by with fragranc".— Barton. — I4tb Yet Spring’s awakening breath will woo the earth. To feed with kindliest dews its favourite flower. That Itlooms in mossy banks and darksome glens. Lighting the greensward with its sunny smile. Shelley. — 15tb — Beautiful are you in your lowliness. Bright are your hues, delicious is your scent. Barton. tetb- The silent, soft, and humble heart In the violet’s hidden sweetness breathes. Percival. — I7tb — A LOWLY flower, in secret bower. Invisible I dwell; For blessing made, without parade. Known only by my smell. George Home. — t8tb — We are violets blue. For our sweetness found Careless in the mossy shades. Looking on the ground. Leigh Hunt. . y Violet. — /iDarcb I9tb — Modesty. The virgin violet, The nun who, nestling in her cell of leaves. Shrinks from the world in vain. Barry Cornwall. — 20tb — Violets, dim. But sweeter than the lids of Juno’s eyes. Or Cytherea’s breath.— Shakespeare. — 2lst - There 's to me A daintiness about these -^ -O' o Dandelion. — /Darcb 25tb — Euatic Oracle. How like a prodigal doth Nature seem, When thou, for all thy gold, so common art! Thou teachest me to deem. Most sacredly of every human heart. /. R. Lowell. Heath, — 26tb — Solitude. Where the wild bee comes with a murmuring song. Pilfering sweets as he roams along, I uprear my purple bell.— R. Paterson. Horse Chestnut. — 27tb — Luxury, For in its honour prodigal Nature weaves A princely vestment, and profusely showers O’er its green masses of broad palmy leaves Ten thousand waxen pyramidal flowers. Howitt. Bramble. — 28tb — Lowliness. Though woodbine flaunt and roses glow O’er all the fragrant bowers. Thou need’st not be ashamed to show Thy satin-threaded flowers.— E. Elliot. Lily of the Valley. — 29tb— Return of Happiness. She silent and alone puts on her suit. And sheds a lasting perfume, but for which We had not known there was a thing so sweet Hid in the gloomy shade.— James Hurdis. Small Celandine. — 30tb — Joys to Come. See its varnish’d golden flowers Peeping through the chilling showers. 9 Wordsworth. o A Fiimroses /D5arcb 3lst — Early Youth God’s simple, common things I love- My primrose, such as thee . obert Nicoll. Blue-bells — Hptil l5t — Constancy. I’d' leave the sunshine and parterre, and seek the woodland glade. To stretch me on the fragrant bed of blue-bells in the shade .—Eliza Cook. Woodbine. — 2n> — Fraternal Love. And stSJ the odours that arise From clusters of the wild woodbine. Are sweeter, lovelier to me. Than scent of Eastern jessamine. A nne Pratt. Foxglove. 3lb — Insincerity. O BLOOMY bed of foxgloves, Fair on the island set. Incarnate, lovely essence Of air and rivulet. Lord Sorithesk. Auricula. — 4tb — Painting. In' comes auricula ; arrayed she comes In splendour ; and liveliest colours blooms. Violet Blue. — 6tb — Faithfulness. I LOVE to go, in the capricious days Of April, and hunt violets when the rain Is in the blue cups, trembling, and they nod So gracefully' to the kisses of the wind. A'. F. Willis. Violet* Sweet. - # — Uptil 6tb — Modesty. < > Violets, shy violets! Ravish the enraptured air With sweetness, dewy, fresh, and rare ! George Meredith. Violet Yellow. — 7tb — Rural Happlnesa. The violetj in her greenwood bower. Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast herself the fairest flower In glen, or copse, or forest dingle. Sir Walter Scott. St. John's Wort. — 8tb — Animosity. Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swarm Of flowers, like flies, clothing its slender rods. That scarce a leaf appears.— Ciywper. Rose. — 0tb — Love. While we invoke the wreathW Spring, Resplendent rose ! to thee we’ll sing. A nacreon. Woodbine. — tOtb — Fraternal Love. Dost dare^refer The woodbine, for her fragrant summer breath. B. Cornwall. Orchis. — lltb — A BeUe. Pause where foam-like meadow queen Scatters her blossoms on the lake, Or where the orchis blooms among The lady fern or feathery brake. An?u Pratt. •O' 4» CowiUpi. — Hpril I2tb — Winning Oraca. Bowing adorers of the gale, Ye cowslips delicately pale, Upraise your loaded stems, Unfold your cups in splendour. John Clare. Jasmine. — I3tb — Amiability. Timid jasmine buds that keep Their odour to themselves all day. But when the sunlight dies away Let the delicious secret out To every breeze that roams about. Moore. HarabalL — t4tb — Submission The azure harebell, that doth ceaseless ring Her wildering charms to vagrant butterflies. Merritt. . Hawthorn. — I5tb — Hope. O SWEET Is the blossom o’ the hawthorn-tree, The bonny milky blossom o’ the hawthorn-tree. W. H. Hetherington. Laburnum. ■” I0tb Forsaken. And pale laburnum’s pendent flowers display Their different beauties.— Dodsley. Wallflower. — I7tb — Fidelity in Adversity. There may be gaudier in the bower. And statelier in the tree. But wallflower—loved wallflower— Thou.art the flower for me.— D. M. Moir. o- <> ' ► ' - 4 ? Constancy. Bine- •belL - Hpvil I8tb — I lo’e thee well, thou Scotch blue-bell, I bail thee, floweret fair ! Whether thou bloom’st in lanely dell. Or wav’St ’mid mountain air. A. Maclagan. ISarlgold. — 19tb — Grief. The marigold which goes to bed with the sun. And with him rises weeping. Rannncnlns. — 20tb — Radiant with Charms. Full ranunculus, of glowing red.— Thomson. Sweet Pea. — 2tSt — Delicate Pleasnrea Some, more aspiring, catch the neighbour shrub With clasping tendrils, and invest his branch. Else unadorned, with many a gay festoon And fragrant chaplet.— Cowper. Pansy. — 22ttb — Thoughts. Now the shining meads Do boast the paunse, lily, and the rose; And every flower doth laugh as zephyr blows. Ben JonsoTu Eglantine — 23r& — Poetry. And leaf of eglantine, whom not to .slander, OutsweetenM not thy breath. Shakespeare. ^ Forget-me-nots. — Bpril 24tb — Forget me not. Thou sweet little flower with the bright blue eye, That peepest from the bank so modestly. — 25tb — And faith, that a thousand ills can brave, Speaks in thy blue leaves, forget-me-not. PercivcU. — 26tb ~ That blue and bright-eyed flow’ret of the brook, Hope’s gentle gem, the sweet forget-me-not. S. T. Coleridge, — 27tb — Gem of the rill! we love to greet thy blossoms smiling at our feet, We fancy to thy flow’ret given a semblance of the azure heaven, And deem thine eye of gold to be the star that gleams so brilliantly. Eglantine. — 28tb-— Poetry. The fragrant eglantine did spread His prickling arms, entrail’d with roses red, Which dainty odours round about them threw. Spenser. — 20tb — Farewell to thee, April, a gentle farewell, Thou hast saved the young rose in its emerald cell; Sweet nurse, thou nast mingled thy sunshine and showers. Like kisses and tears, on thy children, the flowers. L. E. L. . . . ' I . .1 ■ , ■ , V. Myrtle. - 3 — HprUSOtb— Love. The myrtle-bough bids lovers live. Sir IValter Scott, Pink (variegated). — flbaiS — BefosaL A VARIOUS wreath of odorous flowers she made, Gay, motleyed pinks and sweet jonquils. Skenstone. Jonqnlla — 2nb — A Betnm of Affection. The jonquil loads with potent breath the air, And rich in golden glory nods. Bidlake. — 3rb — Jonquils of potent fragrance. Thomson. — 4tb — Blue-eyed May Shall soon behold this border thickly set With brignt jonquils.— Wordsworth. The Dog-roae. — 5tb — Simplicity. Welcome, oh! welcome once again, Thou dearest of all the laughing flowers That open their odorous bosoms when The summer birds are in their bowers. Mrs. Hewitt. o ■O' o <► Lilac. 6tb—Flrit Emotloxu of Love. ru The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal.— Cowper, Harebell — 7tb — Snbmlasion, Grief. Simple flow’ret! child of May. Caroline Symmons. Hawthorn. — 8tb — Hope. Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade To shepherds looking on their silly sheep Than doth a rich embroidered canopy To kings, that fear their subjects’ treachery. Shakespeare, — 0tb — Come, let us rest this hawthorn tree below. And breathe its luscious fragrance ere it flies, And watch the tiny petals as they fall. Circling and winnowing down our sylvan hall. Miss Twamley. Fern. — lOtb — Sincerity. The foxgloves and the fern, how gracefully they grow. With grand old oaks above them, and wavy grass below ! Heliotrope, —lltb— Infataation, I love yon. There is a flower whose modest eye Is turned with looks of light and love, Who breathes her softest, sweetest sigh Whene’er the sun is bright above. Polianthea. - # — 12tb— Voluptuousness. Th re sweet tuberose ! The sweetest flower for scent that blows. Shelley. Heliotrope. — I3tb — Devotion, Faithfulness. Through all the changes of the day I turn me to the sun ; In clear or cloudy .skies I say Alike—Thy will be done. George Horne. Clematis. — I4tb — Artifice. Thrive, gentle plant! and w’eave a bower for Mary and for me, And deck with many a splendid flower thy foliage large and free,— Cowper. Anemone. — t5tb — Forsaken. Anemone, now robed in virgin white. Now with faint crimson blushing. Gishome. Sweet Peas. — I6tb — Delicate Pleasures. Here are sweet peas on tiptoe for a flight. With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, And taper fingers, catching at all things. To bind them all about with tiny rings. Keats. Lilac. 17tb Youthful Innocence. That lilac’s cleaving cones have burst. The milk-white flowers revealing. Longfellow. •o Lily of the Valley. 18tb— Ketorn of Happinesa & Here's the lily of the vale, That perfumed the morning gale, All so spotless, and so pale.— Clare. — I9tb — White bud, that in meek beauty so dost lean Thy cloister’d cheek, as pale as moonlight snow, Thou seem’st beneath thy huge, high leaf of green An eremite beneath his mountain brow.— Croly. — 20tb — And the Naiad-like lily oi the vale. Whom youth makes so fair, and passion so pale. That the light of its tremulous bells is seen Through their pavilions of tender green. Shelley. — 2l9t — The vir^n lily of the vale I love, Laden with sweets Arabia cannot give. — 22nl> — See the lily on its bed Hanging down its modest head, While it scarcely can be seen Folded in its lettf of gjreen. — 23r&- See, bending to the gentle gale. The modest lily of the vale. Hid in its leaf of tender green, Mark its soft and simple mien. Mrs. Hemans. ■o 6 7 Love. Rose. — 24tb — Rrsplendent rose ! the flower of flowers. A nacreon. First Rose of Summer. — 25tb — Majesty. 'Tis the first rose of summer that opes to my view, With its bright crimson bosom all bathed in the dew. R obert Gilfillan. Honeysuckle. — 26tb — Generous Affection. Fair flower that doth so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat. Untouch’d thy honeyed blo.ssoms blow. Unseen thy little branches greet. Philip Frenean. Bramble. — 27tb — Lowliness. Thy fruit full well the schoolboy knows. Wild bramble of the brake ! So put thou forth thy small white rose: J love it for hi.s sake.— E. Elliott. Honeysuckle. — 28tb — Bonds of Love. There the wild honeysuckle, gaily drest In blending hues of yellow and of red. With rich abundance, throws its slender stems. In beautiful festoons. Rose, Single. — 29tb — Simplicity. Ro.SE ! thou art the fondest child Of dimpled spring, the wood-nymph wild. Moore s Anacreon. 0 -—- 0 - Tily, ImperlaL —/Da^ 30tb— Majesty. The lily’s height bespoke command, A fair imperial flower ; She seemed designed for Flora’s hand, The sceptre of her power. Ccnvper. Lilies, White. — 3l8t — Purity, Sweetness. \Ve are lilies fair. The flower of virgin light. Leigh Hunt. — 3une l3t — The lily is all in white like a saint. Hood. — 2nb — Nature held us forth, and said, Lo ! my thoughts of white. Leigh Hunt, — 3rb — Could you see around us The enamoured air. You would see it pale with bliss To hold a thing so fair. Leigh Hunt. — 4tb — And the wand-like lily; which lifted up. As a maenad, its moonlight-coloured cup. Till the fiei-y star, which is its eye. Gazed through the clear dew on the tender sky. Y Shelley. \ ^ o- Sweet Brier, American. —^UttC 5tb— Simplicity. The little four-leaved rose that I love best. That freshest w'ill awake, and sweetest go to rest. J. G. C. Brainard. Bed Eoeebud. — 6tb — Pure and Lovely. ’Tis sweet to hold the infant stems, Yet drooping with Aurora’s gems. And fresh inhale the spicy sighs That from the weeping buds arise. A nacreon. Wild Rose. — 7tb — SimpUcity. Here’s a wild rose just in bud, Spring’s beauty in its hood. John Clare. Rose, Deep Red. — 8tb — Bashful Shame. The ro.se, she is a queen—moie wonderful Than any that have bloomed on Orient thrones. Barry Cornwall. ose, Daily. — 9tb — Thy Smile I aspire to. Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower That ever drank the amber shower. Moore's Anacreon. Musk Rose. — lOtb — Capricious Beauty, o The sweetest flower wild nature yields, A fresh-blown musk rose.— Keats. o Rose (Bridal). 5unc lUb — Happy Love. How much of memory dwells amidst thy bloom, Rose ! ever wearing beauty for thy dower ! Thou stateliest flower.— Mrs. Hemans. Rose, Deep Red. — t2tb — Bashful Shame. Satjean Empress ! in her breast, though small, j t Beauty and infinite sweetness sweetly dwell, ) I Inextricable .—Barry Cor7i7valL ■ Rose. — I3tb — Love, j ] I WILL WOO the dainty rose, | With her cheeks of tender red. \ Hood. \ Damask Rose. — I4tb — Brilliant Complexion. | Here damask roses, white and red. Out of my lap first take I, Which still shall run along the thread. My chiefest flower this make I. Drayton. Rose. — t5tb — Love. The rose is a sign of joy and love. Young, blushing love in its earliest dawn. Fercival. Red Rosebud. — I6tb — Pure and Lovely. Beauteous rosebud, young and gay, blooming in thy early May, Never may’st thou, lovelj' flower, chilly shrink in sleety shower. May’st thou long, sweet crimson gem, richly deck thy native stem. <> v il li 1 • R IT" Tulip, Red. —5unC I7tb— Declaration of Love. ii ► Yet no delicious scent it yields, to cheer the garden or the fields ; Vainly in gaudy colours drest, ’tis rather gazed on than caressed. Tulip, Variegated. — IStb — Beautiful Eyes. Who thus, O tulip ! thy gay painted breast In all the colours of the sun hath drest! Well could I call thee, in thy gaudy pride. The queen of flowers.— Kleist. Tulip, Yellow — I9tb — Hopeless Love. Then comes the tulip-race, where beauty plays Her idle freaks.— Thomson. Tulip, Variegated. — 20tb — Beautiful Eyes. The tulip’s petals .shine in dew. All beautiful, yet none alike. Montgomery. Tulip, Red. — 2lSt — Declaration of Love. Not one of Flora’s brilliant race A form more perfect can display ; Art could not feign more simple grace. Nor Nature take a line away. Montgomery. Broom. Whin. — 22nb f Humility, Neatness. 1 Anger. o 43 - The broom and whin, by loch and linn. Are tipp’d wi’ gowd in summer weather. J. Imlah. -ft ■> ,, Lily. — 5unc 23r& — Purity, Sweetneu. , , Innocence shines in the lily’s bell, Pure as the heart in its native heaven. Percival. — 24tb - Emble.m of Him in whom no stain The eye of Heaven could see, In all their glory, monarchs vain Are not array’d like me. — 25tb — The lily it is pure, and tlie lily it is fair. Burns, Irii. — 26tb — Meaaage. Beautiful lily, dwelling by still rivers. Or solitary mere. Or where the sluggish meadow-brook delivers Its waters to the weir !— Longfellow. Flower-de-luce. — 27tb — Fire. O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river Linger to kiss thy feet! O flower of song,, bloom on, and make for ever The world more fair and sweet. Longfello^v. Blackthorn. — 28tb — Difflculty. The hawthorn I will pu’, wi’ its locks o’ siller grey, Where, like an aged man, it stands at break of day. Bums. -O' o LiUei. — 5une 29tb — Purity, Sweetnem Like the garden’s angels Do we seem. —Leigh Hunt. Mom Rosebud. — 30tb — Confession of Love. O’er the rose A veil of moss the angel throws, And robed in nature’s simplest weed, Could there a flower that rose exceed ? Thyme. — 5ul^ l0t — Activity. Now the summer is in prime, Wi’ the flowers richly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme A’ the moorlands perfuming.— Tannahill. Pink (Carnation). — 2n& — Woman’s Love. The curious choice clove July flower, Whose kind, hfght the carnation. For sweetness of most sovereign power. Shall help my wreath to fashion.— Drayton. Bluebells. — 3l*& — Constancy. The choicest buds in Flora’s train let other fingers twine. Let others snatch the damask rose, or wreathe the eglantine, I’d leave the sunshine and parterre and seek the woodland glade. To stretch me on the fragrant bed of bluebells in the shade .—Eliza Cook. Purple Lilac — 4tb — First Emotions of Love. O WEKE my love yon lilac fair, Wi’ purple blossoms in the spring.— Bums. I 9 White Hyacinth. —5tb— ITnobtnuive Lovelinesi. Hvacinths, of purest virgin white, Low bent, and blushing inward. Thomson. Hyacinth. — 6tb — Sport, Game, Play. i An'd the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue. Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew Of music so delicate, soft, and intense. It was felt like an odour within the sense. Shelley. — 7tb- The hyacinth’s for constancy, wi’ its unchanging blue. Bums. Pink (Single). — 8tb — Pure Love. And I will pu’ the pink, the emblem o’ my dear. For she’s the pink o’ womankind, and blooms without a peer.— Burns. Row, Malden Bluah. - 0tb - | i. will find out. And the rose, like a nymph to the bath addrest. Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast, Till fold after fold to the fainting air The soul of her beauty and love lay bare. Shelley. Myrtle. — tOtb — Love. The mildness that suits the gentle dove From the myrtle's snowy flower is drawn. Percival. The Columbine. FoUy, A — tltb — r.KiNG hether the pincke and purple cullambine, With gelliflowres; llring coronations and soppes in wine, Worn of paramours.— Spenser. Columbine, Purple. — I2tb — Besolved to Win. I .M pink or purple hues arrayed, ofttimes indeed in white. We see. within the woodland glade, the columbine I’.elight. Woodbine. — I3tb — Fraternal Love With honeyed lips enamoured woodbines meet. Clasp with fond arms and mix their kisses sweet. Darwin. Scarlet Fuchsia. — I4tb — Taste. Thou graceful flower on graceful stem. Of Flora’s gifts a fav’rite gem.— Tyas. Taurjoram. — t5tb — Blnshea Where marjoram And thyme, the love of bees, perfume the air. A rmstrong. Sweet Peaa — I6tb — Delicate Pleasurea Graceful flower, whose perfume lingers On the sense with odour strange. Climbing with thy fairy fingers Where the sunbeams freely range. o 6 Water Lily. — I7tb Purity of Heart. ^ Wh.^t is like thee, fgiir flower, The gentle and the firm ? thus bearing up To the blue sky that alabaster cup. As to the shower.— Mrs. Hernans. — I8tb — Oh ! beautiful thou art Thou sculpture-like and stately river-queen. Crowning the depths as with the light serene Of a pure heart.— Mrs. Hetnans. — I9tb — Bright lily of the wave ! Rising in fearless grace with every swell. Thou seem’st as if a spirit meekly brave Dwelt in thy cell .—Mrs Hetnans. — 20tb — O MELON-SCENTED lily! O water-queen of flowers ! J. H. Reynolds. Narcissus. — 2lst — Egotism. Narcissi, the fairest of them all. Who gaze on their eyes in the stream’s recess. Till they die of their own dear loveliness. Shelley. Pansiea — 22n& — Thoughts. There’s pansies that’s for thoughts. '' Shakespeare. *' ■O' o Taberoie. —5ul^ 23r& — Dangerous Pleaatire& The tube-rose, with her silvery light, That in the gardens of Malay Is called the Mistress of the Night.— RIoore. Bellflower. — 24tb — Rustic Beauty. Mark you the delicate bells of that flower, Pendent so freely on sensitive threads ; You'd fancy they’re made to tell forth the hour When fairies may quit their moss-coverc-d beds. Tyas. Bweet Pea. — 25tb — Delicate Pleasures The pea is but a wanton witch. In too much haste to wed. And clasps her rings on every hand. Hood. Jasmine. — 26tb — AmlalilUty. My slight and slender jasmine-tree. That bloomest on my border tower. Thou art more dearly loved by me Than all the wealth of fairy bower. Lord Morpeth. Lavender. — 27tb — Distrust. The purple flowering head Of fragrant lavender.— Dodsley. Elder. \ _Ofith_ / Zealousness. Lily of the Valley. / \ Return of Happlnesa Then seek the bank where flowering elders crowd, Where scattered wild the lily of the vale Its balmy essence breathes.— Thomson. * * Broom. 3ul^ 20tb Humility. Their groves o’ sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright beaming summers e.xalt the perfume, Far dearer to me yon lone glen o’ green bracken, Wi’ the bum stealing under the long yellow broom. Burns. Mignonette. ® t your Charms. Rich In precious fragrance is that lowly one So loved for her sweet qualities, that I Should woo her first amid a world of flowers. T'a'antley. Lilac. — 3lst — Fiist Emotion of Love. The lilac has a load of balm For every wind that stirs.— Willis. Iris. — Huaust Ist Message. Thou art the iris, fair amongst the fairest. Who, armed with golden rod .A.nd winged with the celestial arure, bearest I he message of some god.— Longfellow. Wallflower. — 2nb — Fidelity in Adversity. Thy banner waves above the tower Which'Time and Ruin make their own t Most faithful in the dreariest hour. Such is thy praise and thine alone. Germander SpeedwelL — 3r& — Facility. r>Li:E eyebright! loveliest flower of all that grows la flower-loved England ! Flower whose hedge-side gaze Is like an infant’s ! What heart doth not know Thee, clustered smiler of the bank !— E. Elliott. Lime. — Hugust 4tb — Conjugal Love. The lime a summer home of murmurous wings. Tennyson. Clover, Red. \ __ ilte. / Clover, White. / Industry \ Think of Ms. There is music at our feet In the clover, honey sweet. Mignonette. ( Your Qualities Surpass your Charms. Mignonette’s meek humble form, Without one tint upon her modest garb To draw the idle stare of wandering eyes Twamley. Auriculas. — 7tb — Painting. Auriculas, enriched With shining meal o’er all their velvet leaves. Thomson. Stock. — 8tb — Lasting Beauty. Lavish stock that scents the garden round. Thomson. PimpemeL — 9tb — Change, Assignation. The blue-eyed pimpernel will tell By closed lids of rain and showers ; A fine bright day is known full well When open wide it spreads its flowers. 9 •(J fi*. c < < q ^ sr ► White Poppy. — Hu^USt lOtb — Sleep. My bane. From a poppy I have taken Mortal’s balm and mortal’s bane. Mrs. Robinson. Poppy, Scarlet — lltb — Fantastic Eztrav««ance. We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs, Some awake and some asleep, Sleeping in our crowns.— Leigh Hunt. Carnation. — I2tb — Beauty and Pride. The fairest flowers o’ the season Are our carnations and streak’d gilljdlowers. Shakespeare. Poppy, Bed. — I3tb — Consolation. Central depth of purple. Leaves more bright than rose. Leigh Hunt. Jasmine. — I4tb — Amiability. My mild and winsome jasmine-tree That climbest up the dark grey wall. Thy tiny flow’rets seem in glee Like silver spray drops down to fall. Lord Morpeth. —I5tb — Luxuriant above all The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets. The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more The bright profusion of her scattered stars. * Cowper. ^ r1l Ll ■ ► 3 •H e—g P. 6 - 0 - — Hugust I6tb — Girlhood. Of all flowers, Methinks a rose is best: It is the very emblem of a maid ; For when the west winds court bci gently, How modestly she blows, and paints the sun With her chaste blushes ! Beait7noiit and Fletcher. Wheat, — I7tb — Elchea. Now waving gpain, wide o'er the plain. Delights the weary farmer.— Burns. Broom. — I8tb — Auspicious hope 1 in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe. Campbell. Foxglove. — t9tb — Conning. Insincerity. Upon the sunny bank The foxglove rears its pyramid of bells, Gloriously freckled—purple and white—the flower That cheers Devonia’s fields.— Carrington. Marigold. — 20tb — Grief. The grateful and obsequious marigold. How duly every morning she displays Her open breast when Titan spreads his rays ! G. Wither. Bindweed (Small). — 2l0t — Humility. In all fair hues, from white to mingled rose, Along the hedge the clasping bindweed flowers ; And when one chalice shuts, a new one blows; There’s blooming for all minutes of the hours. Augusta Webster. o Pansy. — Bugust 22nt) — Thoughts. The pretty pansy then I’ll tje, Like stones some chain enchasing : And next to them, their near ally, The purple violet placing.— Drayton. Fem. — 23 r& — Stncerlty. The green and graceful fern, how beautiful it is! There’s not a leaf in all the land so wonderful, I wis. Miss Tuuamley. PAim — 24 tb — Sympathy. Lo ! from the balm’s exhilarating leaf The moping fiend, black melancholy, flies. Dodsley. D-dilia. — 25 tb — InBtabllity Pomp. The dahlia will each glor>" wear. With tints as bright and leaves as green. And in the summer ray With blossoms deck the brow of day. Mart in. White Heather — 26tb — Good Luck. The rare white bloom that peeps from the brae, So chaste and so pure ’mid the purple display. /. 6'. Blackie. Lavender. — 27tb — Blstrust. And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom Shall he, erewhile, in arid bundles bound. To lurk amidst the labours of her loom. And crown her kerchief clean with mickle rare perfume. Shens tone. O Bom. Lore. — Hufluat 28tb — Whose virgin blush of chastening dye Enchants so much our mortal eye. Anacreon. Heath. - 2«tb — SoUtade. The heather waves its purple bell O’er moor and mountain crest, And braes with broom are drest. Mrs. Hemans. Daisy, Wild. — 30tb — I will thinh of it. The flowers that kiss the wimplin’ bum, And dew-clad gowans on the lea. The water-lily on the lake. Are but sweet emblems a’ of thee.— R. Allan. fcotch Thistle. —3l0t— Betallation. 'Ti-^ the flower the proud eagle greets in its flight, When he shadows the stars with the wings of his might; 'Tis the flower that laughs at the storm as it blows, For the stronger the tempest the greener it grows A. Maclagan. Golden-Bod. — September let PrecautioB. Tn K windflower and the violet, they peri.sh^ long ago, .•\nd the briar-rose and the orchis died amid the sum¬ mer’s glow, But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.— Bryant. Beso. — 2nb — I-OTO. I GIVE to thee the autumn rose, Let it say how dear thou art- Chrisiine Parr. o Orange-Bough. — September 3rb— Chastity. Oh ! bring me one sweet orange-bough, To fan my cheek, to cool my brow ; The bough with pearly blossoms drest, And bind it, mother, on my breast! 'Mrs. Heinans. Pansy. — 4tb — Think of Me. Oh ! are not pansies emblems meet for thoughts? The pure, the chequered—gay and deep by turns ; A hue for every mood the bright things wear In their soft velvet coats.— Twamley. Bulrush. ■*— 5tb — Indiscretion, Docility Bulrushes and reeds of such deep green As soothed the dazzled eye with sober sheen, Shelley. Cherry. — 6tb — Good Education. Oh, there never was yet so fair a thing, By racing river or bubbling spring. As thou, my wild, wild cherrj'-tree ! Barry Comtvall. Oorse. — 7tb — Love for aU Seasons. Mountain gor.ses, ever golden. Cankered not the whole year long. E. B. Browning. Heart’s-Ease. — 8tb — Thoughts. There is a little flower that’s found In almost every garden ground ; ’Tis lowly, but ’tis sweet. i. ► ■o E*dT«lli>. September 9tb — { Declaration of Lore. For brilliant tints to charm the eye, What flower can with the tulip vie ? if SeailtlTe Plant. Senalbllity. White Eom. — lOtb — A SENSiTivB plant in a ga^en grw, And the youn^ winds fed it with silver dew, And it open’d its fan-like leaves to the light. And closed them beneath the kisses of night. Shelley. — lltb — I am Worthy of Tou. There is a lone white rose, Shedding, in sudden snows. Its faint leaves o’er the emerald turf around. Mrs. hemans. HtUotrope. — I2tb Dovotloo. Through all the changes of the day I turn me to the sun ; In clear or cloudy skies I say Alike—Thy will be done !— Geo. Home. Walllowor — t3tb — PideUlgr In Advenlty. The wallflower—the wallflower— How beautiful it blooms ! It gleams above the ruined tower. Like sunlight over tombs.— D. M. Moir. ThLrtlo. — 14tb — Lihmrty. What flower is this that greets the mom. Its hues from heaven so freshly bom ? It is the banner of the free, ’The starry flower of liberty.— O. JV. Holmes. ■0 T Cherry. — September I5tb — Good Education. ' > Ye may simper, blush, and smile, and perfume the air awhile; But, sweet things, ye must begone ; fruit, ye know, is coming on; Then, oh then, where is your grace, when as cherries come in place?— Herrick. Orange-Tree. — I6tb — Generosity Here orange-trees with blossoms and pendants shine. And vernal honours to their autumn join ; Exceed their promise in the ripen’d store, Yet in the rising blossom promi.se more. Acacia. — I7tb — Friendship. And the sweet shades of varying verdure caught From soft acacia’s gently waving branch. Dodsley. Balsam. — IStb — Impatience. Y I- LLOW balsam’s blossoms gay, scattered o’er in thick . array. With the shining scarlet spots Nature to this flower allots. Thorn. — I9tb — Severity. Beneath the scant shade of an aged thorn Silvered with age, and mossy with decay. 3fothcrivell. Ivy. — 20tb — Friendship. Thy home, wild plant! is where each sound Of revelry hath long been o’er, Where song’s full notes once peal’d around. But now are heard no more. September 2lat — The tender soul that cannot part A twine of evergreen fondly wreathes. Percival. 6 Sonflower. — 22nb — Adoration. Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on thy sun’s noon-glory gaze ; With eye like his thy lids expand And fringe their disc with golden rays. y. Montgomery. Orango-Blonomt. — 23rb — Chastity. Youths and enamoured maidens vie to wear This flower, their bosoms grace or curled amid their hair Catullus. Ivy. — 24tb — Frlondahip. The ivy, that staunchest and firmest friend That hiastens its succouring arm to lend To the ruined fane, where in youth it sprung. And its pliant tendrils in sport were flung. Twamley. Sensitive Plant. — 25tb — Sensibility. The sensitive plant has no bright flower. Radiance and odour are not its dower It loves even like love,—its deep heart is full; It desires what it has not—the beautiful. Shelley. Passion-Flower. — 20tb — Palthu An n the “faint passion-flower, the sad and holy, t Tells of diviner hopes.— Mrs. Hemans. - ► Blue Anemone. — September 27tb — Bool. ^ Thou, the spiritual flower, Sentient of each breeze and shower ; Thou rejoicing in the skies. And transpierced with all their dyes. Mrs. Hemans. Passion Flower — 28tb — Religions Superstition. .4rt thou a t>’pe of beauty, or of power. Of sweet enjoyment, or disastrous sin ? For each thy name denoteth, passion flower! Sir A ubrey de Vere. Michaelmas Daisy — 29tb — Afterthought We’ll pass by the garden that leads to the gate, But where is its gaiety now ? The Michaelmas daisy blows lonely and late. And the yellow leaf whirls from the bough. Taylor. Wallflower. — 30tb — FideUty in Adversity. The yellow wallflower, stained with iron brown. Thomson. Fringed Oentlan. — OctobCC l6t — Hope, Thou blossom, bright with autumn dew. And colour'd with the heaven’s own blue, Thou ©penest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Nightshade. — 2nb — Truth. Nightshade and foxglove side by side, F.mblems of punishment and pride. Scott, — October 3rb — <> In all places, then, and in all seasons. Flowers expand their light and soiil-like wings Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons. How akin they are to human things. Lonf'/ellow. Almond. — 4tb — Thonghtleunest. The almond bloom doth show. When fully spread upon the leafless tree, A whiteness like the drifted snow. BmIL — 5tb — Hatred. The basil tuft, that waves Its fragrant blossom over graves. Moore. Veryain. — 6tb — Enchantment. A WRFAi H of vervain heralds wear, Amongst our garlands named. Being sent that dreadful news to bear, Offensive war proclaimed.— Dryden. Vine. — 7tb — Intoxication. Vi.NE, vine, and eglantine, Clasp her window, trail, and twine. Tennyson. Larkapnr. — 8tb — Lightneaa. How straight its slender downy stem ! how light The .spreading calyx of the flower! how bright The varied tints ! how delicate the leaves.— Tyas. ■O' Aster. — October 9tb — Variety. Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought. Emeysoji. Cbrysaathemum. —lOtb — / Cheerfxilness under \ Adversity. If such the soothing precepts taught by you, Beautiful blossoms ! well may ye appear As silent preachers in the Christian view. Btxrton. Chickweed. — Utb — Rendezvous. Chick'wekd ! will no one sing thee? like thy bard. Lowly, and little noted though thou art. Creeping o er fallows with thy pallid sward. Thou in my humble strains shall claim a part. Motherwell. Quaking Grass — I2tb — Agitation. What my delight in childhood’s days to find Thy thread-like stems trembling in everj’’ wind ; Ash — I3tb — Grandeur. The ash, aspiring upwards, rears its head. As if still higher from its native bed It sought to grow until it reached the sky. Arum (Wake Robin). — t4tb — Ardour An oak’s gnarVd root, to roof the cave. With Goriiic fretwork sprung. Where jewell’d fern, and arum leaves, d , And ivy garlands hung .—Caroline Southey. ... o- ■O' i Ivy. — I o- — (October t5tb — Fidelity, Merrlage. Ct^eeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green. C. Dickens. Love Idea Bleeding. —t6tb— Hopeleee—not Heartlesa. This flower that first appeared as summer's guest, Reserves her beauty ’mid autumnal leaves. And to her mournful habits fondly cleaves. WordsvHtrth. Cypreaa. — t7tb — Mourning. The cypress, that daily shades the grave, Is sorrow that mourns her bitter loL Percival. Mobs. — I8tb — Maternal Love. When nature dresses It fills its part well, therefore honour it; There seems a kindly feeling in it, as though A spirit of goodness peeped from out the earth To shield decay.— Barry Cornwall. Leech-Tree. — X9tb — Froiperity. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That w reaths its old fantastic roots so high. Gray. Acacia. — 20tb — Platonic Love. Love, the last best gift of heaven ; o Love, gentle, holy, pure.— Keble. Mou. — i^ctober 2\et — Maternal Love. < There is a fresh and lovely sight, A beauteous heap, a hill of moss. Just half a foot in height All lovely colours there you see. Wordsworth, Linden-Tree. — 22n& — Coi^Jugal Love. Here’s a song for thee—of the linden-tree ! A song of the silken lime ! There is no other tree so pleaseth me. No other so fit for rhyme. Chertnnt-Tree. — 23rl» — Do me Jtutlce. The chestnut flowers By thousands have burst from the forest bowers. Mrs. hemans. Cora. — 24tb — Elchee, Fall gently and still good com. Lie warm in thy earthy bed ; And stand so yellow some mom. For beast and man must be fed. Thomas Carlyle. _ JI am Sensible of your yiMt — 25tb I Kindness. How sweetly blooms Upon the slopes the azure-blossomed flax. Carrington. Hlf btlnKale-Flower. — 26tb — Fair flower of silent night! Unto thy bard an emblem thou shouldst be : His fount of song in hours of garish light Is closed, like thee.— B. Barton. Apple. — ©ctobcr 27tb — TempUtioa. " Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou may’st bud and whence thou may’st blow, And whence thou may’st bear apples enou. Old Toast. Com. — 28tb — Riehei. O GOLDEN fields of binding com, How beautiful they seem. Maiy Howitt. Pine. — 2dtb — Piety. Green pine, unchanging as the days go by, Thou art thyself beneath whatever sky My shelter all winds, my own strong pine. Augusta Webster. Ivy. — 30tb — PideUty. Ivy we twine of changeless green. Constant for ever in leaf and bough. L. E. L. Nettle — 3lSt — Ton are SpitefuL Tender-handed touch a nettle And it stings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle And it soft as silk remains .—Aaron Hill. Almond. — 'November tst — Hope. The hope, in dreams of a happier hour. That alights ujxjn misery’s brow. Springs out of the silvery almond-flowers That blooms on a leafless bough.— Moore. o- 6 E.oV.7. Foresiglit. — November 2nb — THY berries, with the ivy’s jet, Like ebony with rubies set, Peeping from out their verdant wreath. Shine brightest 'midst the general death. Keble. Chrysanthemtun (Red). — 3cb — I I^ve. Do you ask what the birds say? The sparrow, the dove, The linnet and thrush say, “ I love and I love ! ” J". T. Coleridge. Fennel. — 4tb — Strength. Above the lowly plant it towers. The fennel with its yellow flowers. Bay-Leaf. \ _ change but In Death. Cay-Tree./ iGiory. Fame’s bright star and glory’s swell In the glossy leaf of the bay is given. Percival. Amaranth. — ^tb — IxnmortaUty. Immortal amaranth, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life. Began to bloom.— Milton. Cypresa 7tb — Mourning. The mayflower and the eglantine _ May shade a brow less sad than mine; But, lady, twine no v^reath for me. Or weave it of the cypress-tree. Sir Walter Scott. 6 Wallflower. — Ittovcmbev 8tb — { Fidelity In Ad- verilty. But thou, neglected wallflower ! to my breast And muse art dearest, wildest, sweetest flower! Thomas Doubleday. Bine Oentlan. — 9tb — Hope. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky. Blue—blue—as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. fK C. Bryant. Sea Thrift. — tOtb — Sympathy. From the border lines. Composed of daisy and resplendent thrift. Flowers straggling forth had on those paths en¬ croached. Which they were used to deck.— Wordsworth. Ivy. — tub — FIdoUty. How closely he twineth, how tight he clings To his friend the huge oak-tree.— Dickens. White Oamelia. — 12tb — Excellence In Woman. No single virtue we could most commend. Whether the wife, the mother, or the friend : For she was all, in that supreme degree, That as no one prevail’d, so all was she. Dryden. Pine Branch. — I3tb — Aspiration. Are there not a,spirations in each heart. After a better, brighter world than this. < > Nicotl '' ' ^ Daily. — ‘november l4tb — innocence. < • When, smitten by the morning ray, I see ihee rise alert and gay. Then, cheerful flower, my spirits play With kindred gladness.— H'ortisworih. —I5tb — The daisy’s for simplicity and unaffected air. Bums. —letb - Thou unassuming commonplace Of Nature, with that homely face. And yet with something of a grace Which love makes for thee. Wordsworth, — I7tb- SwKET flower! Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness, and a share Of thy meek nature.— Wordsworth, — I8tb — Whose white investments figure innocence. Shakespeare. I - Wtb - But we have daisies, which, like love Or hope, spring everywhere.— Wilson, -•November20tb- And if thou couldst know thy own sweetness, O little one, perfect and sweet, Thou wouldst be a child for ever. Completer whilst incomplete.— Palgrave, Blue Anemone. — 2tSt — Forsaken. Fi.owER of Starry cles^ess bright! Quivering um of colour’d light 1 Mrs. Hemans. JUagnolia. — 22nb — Lore of Batwe. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. There is a rapture on the lonely shore.— Byron. — 23rb — Flower.s are the bright remembrancers of youth ; They waft us back, with their bland ordorous breath, The joyous hours that only young life knows, Ere we have learnt that this fair earth hides graves. Countess oj Blessington. Tew. — 24tb Borrow. Weep no more, nor sigh nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that’s gone ; Toys as winged dreams fly &t. Why should sorrow longer last ? J. Fletcher. Zei>h 3 rr-Flower. — 25tb — Ezpectatioa. The winds forbid the flowers to flourish long Which owe to winds their name in Grecian song. Euscien,Jrom Ovid. ■O' Lanreitlnoa —November 26tb— / Cheerful In Ad- \ venity. Green are thy leaves^ more freely green, Through every changing period seen ; And when the gaudy months are past, Thy loveliest season is the last.— Montgomery. Almond-Tree. —27tb— Indiscretion. Promises. With blossoms brave bedeck’d daintily; Whose tender locks do tremble every one. At every little breath that under heaven is blown. Chaucer. Chinese Primrose. — 28tb — Welcome I Welcome 1 right glad are we So fair a friend to see 1 To drive away the gloom Which overhangs our room!— Tyas. The Pink. 29tb- f Lively and Pure \ Affectloa. The pink can no one justly slight. The gardener’s favourite flower ; He sets it now beneath the light. Now shields it from its power.— Goethe. Oak-Tree. — 30tb — Hospitality. A SONG for the oak, the brave old oak, That has flourished in the CTeenwood long ; Here’s health and renown to nis broad green crown And his fifty arms so strong. Garden Anemone. — S>eccmbct tst — Forsaken. THE coy anemone, that ne’er uncloses Her lips until they’re blown on by the wind. H. Smith. O -0 Pine. — December 2n& — Piety. Still the pine, long-haired, and dark, and tall, In lordly right, predominant o’er all. Leigh Hunt. Heath. — 3rl) — Solitude. W HAT though the winds now fiercely blow 1 What though the moors are clad with snow 1 The purple heath its bell displays, Or sun or shower rules the days. Beneficence. > If y i. Iceland Mom (a Stump \ __ covered with Mom). / Like rock or stone, it is o’ergrown With lichens to the very top, And hung with heavy tufts of moss. Wordsivorth. Lai Jh. — 5tb — BoldncM. Exposed on barren banks of sand. The larch-tree boldly takes its stand, And straightly pointing to the skies, Would lead us heav’nward raise our eyes. Mezereon. - 6tb - {®*“*”** Mezereon too, Though leafless, well attired and thick beset With blu.shing wreaths, investing every spray. Cowper. Olive Branch. — 7tb — Peace. T o thee the heavens, in thy nativity. Adjudged an olive branch, and laurel crown. As likely to be blest in peace and war. Shakespeare Friendship. Ivy. — December 8tb — Autumn no wan nor russet stain Upon its fadeless glory flings ; And Winter o’er it sweeps in vain With tempest on his wings.— B. Barton. Quince. — 9tb — I prefer You. As a quince-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the young men. Under his shadow do I long to sit, And his. fruit is sweet to my palate. Irish Ivy. — lOtb — Clinging Affection. I THINK of thee ! my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines about a tree. Mrs. Browning. Fern Moss. — lltb — Content Divine content! Oh ! could the world resent, How much of bliss doth lie Wrapp’d up in thy delicious name. Beaumont. Torch Thistle. — I2tb — I Bum. W HO hung thy beauty on such rugged stalk, Thou beauteous flower ? Who pour’d the richest hues, In varying radiance, o’er thine ample brow. Mrs. Sigourney. Bee Ophrys. -0 — t3tb - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. And gather honey all the day From every opening flower. Dr. Industry. Watts. ^ Ly. i HoUy. — ©cccmbcr 14tb — Foresight. ,, Still shoots the holly’s unchanged green, But not in barren beauty seen, For, clustered o’er that goodly bough. Are scarlet berries blushing now. Bae. Vine. — I5tb — PurUlcation. Here in this place I’ll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace. Shakespeare. — I6tb — Intoxication. Depending vines the shelving caverns screen. With purple clusters blushing through the green Pertortted St John's j. _ _ Superstltloa Hypericum was there, the herb of war. Pierced through with wounds and marked with many a scar. Mistletoe — I8tb — I rise above alL Oaks, from whose branches Garlands of Spanish moss and mystic mistletoe flaunted. Such as the Druids cut down with golden hatchets at yulet ide. —L ongfell a .. LIJ Bin Burr. -o- — S)CCCntbCt 26tb — ElndnesB. The fine and noble way to kill a foe Is not to kill hin\ ; you with kindness maj'' So change him, that he shall cease to be so, And then he’s slain.— Aleyn. Holly-Tree. — 27tb — Foresight. When the bare and wintry woods we see. What then so cheerful as the holly-tree ? Southey. Broken Stalks. — 28tb — Dissension. Alas ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love !— Moore. Oentian. ^ .29tb — Hope. Thou waitest late, and com’st alone. When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end.— W. C. Bryant. Bosemary. — 30tb — Bemembrance. Down with the rosemary, and so Down with the baies and mistletoe, Down with the holly, ivie, all Wherewith ye deck the Christmas Hall. Herrick. — 3l0t — Farewell, ye withered flowers, That on the cold ground lie ; How gay ye smiled ’Mid the brown wild ’Neath summer’s painted sky ! Moir {Delta). o o- ■O' Hist of JFlotoersi ann tl^eir iitanguage* Acacia, friendship. Acanthus, the fine ai-ts. Ado}iis, Flos, painful recollec¬ tions. Almond (Common), stupidity; in¬ discretion. Almond (Flowering), hope. Aloe, grief. Amaranth (Globe), immortality. A-maryllis, pride. Anemone (Zephyr Flower), sick¬ ness ; expectation. Anemone (Garden), forsaken. Apple (BlO'Som), preference. .ilr6or Vita, unchanging friend¬ ship. Arum ( Wake. Robin), ardour. Aih-Tree, grandeur. Aspen-Tree, lamentation. Aster (China), variety; after¬ thought. Auricula, painting. Azalea, temperance. Bachelor's Buttons, celibacy. Balm, sympathy. Barberry, sourness of temper. Basil, hatred. Bay-Leaf, I change but in death. Bay-Tree, glory. Bay- Wreath, reward of merit. Beech-Tree, prosperity. Bee Orchis, industry. -O- Bee Ophrys, error. Belladonna, silence. Bell-Flower (small ^hite), gn^tl- tude. Bindweed, Great, insinuation. Bindweed, Small, humility. Birch, meekness. Black Poplar, courage. Blackthorn, difficulty. Bluebell, constancy. Bramble, lowliness. Broom, humility; neatness. Bulrush, indiscretion; docility. Buttercup (Kingcup), desire of riches. Butterfly Orchis, gaiety. Camellia Japonica, IVhite, per¬ fected loveliness. Camomile, energy in adversity. Canterbury Bell, acknowledg¬ ment. Carmation, Deep Red, Alas for my poor heart I Carnation, Striped, refusaL Carnation, Yellow, disdain. Cardinal-Flower, distinction. Cedar, strength. Celandine (Lesser), .ioys to come. Cereus (Creeping), modest genius. Cherry-Tree, White, good educa¬ tion. Chestnut-Tree, do me Justice. - ■ . " O Chickuteed, rendwous. Chhia Aster, variety. China Rote, beauty always new. Christmas Rose, relieve nay anxiety. Chrysanthemum, Red, I love. Chrysanthemum, White, truth. Chrysanthemum, TMose, slighted love. CinquefoU, maternal affection. Cietvu, or Rock Rote, popular favour. CUtus, Oum, I shall die to¬ morrow. Clematis, mental beauty. Clematis, Xaergreen, poverty. Cloves, dignity. Clover, Four-leaved, be mine. Clover, Red, industry. Clover, White, think of me. Coltsfoot, Justice shall be done. Columbine, Purple, resolved to win. Columbine, Red, anxious and trembling. Convolvulus, bonds. Convolvuhu, Blue (Mistor), re¬ pose; night. Convolvulus, Jfct^or, extinguished hopes. Com, riches. Cowslip, pensiveness; winning grace. Cowslip, American, divine beauty. Crest, stability; power. Crocus, abuse not. Crocus, tSpriny, youthful glad¬ ness. Crocus, Saffron, mirth. -0 - Cuckoo Plant, ardour. Cudweed, American, unceasing remembrance. Cyclamen, diffidence. Cypress, death; mourning. Daffodil, regard. Dahlia, instability. Daisy, innocence. Dandelion, rustic oracle. Eglantine (Sweetbriar), poetry; I woxmd to beaL Elder, zealousness. Elm, dignity. Fennel, worthy all praise; strength. Fern, fascination. Fig, argument. Fir-Tree, elevation. Flax, domestic industry. Flax-leaved Goldy-iocks, tardi- nes.-*. Fleur-de- Lis, fl.ame; I bum. Fleur-de-Luce, fire. Flowering Fern, reverie. Fly Orchis, error. Forget-Me-Not, true love. Foxglove, insincerity. Fuchsia, Soariet, tuste. Geranium, Ivy, bridal favour. Geranium, Rose - scented, pre ference. Geranium, Scarlet, comfortiiiij. Geranium, Silver-leaved, recall. Geranium, Wild, steridfast piety Gillyflower, bonds of affection. * > Olory-Flow'r, glorious Ircauly. % Goat's Rue, reason. Golden-Rod, precaution. Gooseberry, anticipation. Grape, Wild, charity. Grass, submission; utility. Harebell, submissiou; grief. Hawthorn, hope. Hazel, recoticiliatiou. Heath, solitude. Helenium, tears. Heliotrope, devotion. Hepatica, confidence. Holly, foresight. Hollyhock, ambition; fecundity. Honesty, honesty; fascination. Honey • Flower, love sweet and secret. Honeysuckle, generous and de¬ voted atfection. Horse-Chestnut, luxury. Houseleek, vivacity ; domestic in¬ dustry. Hyacinth, sport; game: play ; unobtrusive loveliness. Hydrangea, a boaster. Hyssop, cleanliness. Iceland Moss, health. Indian Cress, warlike trophy. Indian Jasmine (Ipomcsa), atr tachmeut. Indian Pink {Double}, always lovely. Indian Plum, privation. Iris, message. Ivy, fidelity; marriage. Jasmine, amiability. Jasmine, Fellow, grace 'and ele¬ gance. Jonqxiil, I desire a retm'n of affec¬ tion. Laburnum, forsaken; pensive beauty. Larch, audacity; boldness. Larkspur, lightness; levity. Laurel, glory. Laurestina, a token. Lavender, distrust. Lemon, zest. Lilac, Purple, first emotions of love. Lilac, White, youthful innocence. Lily, Day, coquetry. Lily, Imperial, majesty. Lily, White, purity; sweetness. Lily, Yellow, falsehood ; gaiety. Lily of the Valley, return of happiness. Linden or Lime Trees, conjugal love. Lobelia, malevolence. London Pride, frivolity. Lotus, eloquence. Lotus-Flower, estranged love. Lotus-Leaf, recantation. Magnolia, love of nature. Maple, reserve. Marigold, grief. Marigold, African, vulgar minds. Marigold, French, Jealousy. Marjoram, blushes. Mezereon, desire to please. Mignonette, your qmilities sur¬ pass your cliaims. Mint, virtue. •O' O- XfUt!etoe, I snrmoniit difflculties. J/o iikshood I Ilehixet-Fio wer), chiv- airy; knightermutry. Mots, maternal love. Mountiiin Ash, prudence. MuJik-Plant, weakness. Myrrh, gladness. Myrtle, love. XarcUsut, egotism. Xasturtiuin, patriotism. Xight Convolvulus, night. Xightshade, truth. Oak-Tree, hospitality. Oats, music. Olive, peace. Orange - Blossoms, your purity equals your loveliness. Orange Flowers, chastity; bridal festivities. Orchis, a belle. Osmunda, dreams. Palm, victory. Pansy, thoughts. Passion-Flower, religious super¬ stition. Pea, Everl-asting, lasting plea¬ sure. Peach, your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled. Pear-Tree, comfort. Peony, shame; bashfulness. Peppermint, warmth of feeling. Periwinkle, Blue, early friend¬ ship. Periwinkle, Whit^, pleasures of memory Pimpernel, change; ^signation. Pine, pity. Pine-apple, you are perfect. Pink, boldness. Pink, Carnation, woman’s love. Pink, Indian, Double, always lovely. Pink, Indian, Single, aversion. Pink, Mountain, a.spiring. Pink, Bed, Double, pure and ardent love. Phik, Single, pure love. Pink, Variegated, refusal. Pink, White, ingeniousness; t lent. Polyanthus, pride of richea Polyanthxu, Crimson, the heart's mystery. Polyanthus, Lilac, confidence. Pomegranate, foolishness. Promegranate • Flower, mature elegance. Poplar. Black, courage. Poplar, White, time. I' tppy, Red, consobitioii. Poppy, Scarlet, fantastic extrav.a- gance. Poppy, White, sleep: my bane. Primrose, early yotnh. Primrose, Evening, Inconstancy. Primrose, Bed, uni«itronised merit. Quaking grass, agitation. Ranunculus, you are radiant with charms. Ranunculus, Garden, you are rich in attractions. Reed, music. lihododrndron (Rotebay), danger; beware. Rote, love. Rote, China, be.auty always new. Rose, Chrittmat, trauqulUise my anxiety. R ise. Daily, thy smile I aspire to. Rote, Damatk, brilliant com¬ plexion. Rote, Deep Red, bashful shame. Ruse, JUtisk, capricious beauty. Rose, Musk, Clxuter, charming. Rote, Single, simplicity. Rote, White, I am worthy of you. Rote, Yellow, decrease of love; jealousy. Rote, White and Red together, unity. Rotebud, Red, pure and lovely. Rosebud, White, girlhood. Rotebud. Mots, confession of love. Rosemary, remembrance. Rue, disdain. Saint-John’S'lYort, animosity. Sentitite Plant, sensibility. Shamrock, light-heartedness. Snapdragon, presumption. Siiouxlrop, hope. Sorrel, affection. Sorrel, Wood, joy. Southernwood, jest; bantering. --- ... Speedwell, female fidelity. Speedwell, Germander, facility. Star of Dethlehexn, purity. Starwort, afterthought. Stock, lasting beauty. Sunflower, Dwarf, adoration. Sunflower, Tall, haughtinesii Sweet Basil, good wishes. Sweetbriar, American, simpli¬ city. Sweetbriar, European, I wound to heal. Sweet-William, gallantry. Thittle, Common, austerity Thistle, Scotch, retaliation. Thyme, activity. Tuberote, dangerous pleasures. Tulip, Red, declaration of love. Tulip, Variegated, beautiful eyes. Tulip, Yellow, hopeless love. Vervain, enchantment. Vine, intoxication. Violet, Blue, faitlifulnesa Violet, Swhet, modesty. Violet, Yellow, rural happiness. Wall-flower, fidelity in adversity. Water-Lily, purity of heart. Whin, anger. Woodbine, fraternal love. Printed in the U. S. A 1