[Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent punctuation in the play citations has been retained as in the original.] [Illustration: Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden] To the Countess of Warwick, whose delightful Old English Garden at Easton Lodge suggested this book of fancies, it is now inscribed. [Illustration] _All Rights Reserved_ FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN: a Posy from the Plays, pictured by Walter Crane [Illustration] Cassell & Co: Ltd 1909 "O, Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis's wagon! [Illustration] daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; [Illustration] violets, dim But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes [Illustration] Or Cytherea's breath; [Illustration] pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phœbus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids; [Illustration] bold oxlips, and [Illustration] The crown-imperial; [Illustration] lilies of all kinds, [Illustration] The flower-de-luce being one!" [Illustration] "—Here's flowers for you; [Illustration] Hot lavender, [Illustration] mints, [Illustration] savorie, marjoram; [Illustration] The marigold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping;" Perdita. Winter's Tale Act: IV. Sc. III. [Illustration] "The fairest flowers o' the season Are our carnations," Perdita. Winter's Tale Act: IV. Sc. III. [Illustration] "She went to the garden for parsley" (Taming of the Shrew Act: IV. Sc. 4) [Illustration] "Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, Which in their summer beauty kissed each other" Richard III., Act: iv. Sc. 3 [Illustration] "Enter OPHELIA, fantastically dressed with straws and flowers." [Illustration] "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; [Illustration] —and there is pansies, that's for thoughts." [Illustration] "There's fennel for you, [Illustration] and columbines: [Illustration] —there's rue for you; and here's some for me: —we may call it, herb-grace o' Sundays:— [Illustration] —There's a daisy:—" Hamlet. Act. IV. Sc. VI. [Illustration] "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,— [Illustration] Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, [Illustration] "With sweet musk roses, [Illustration] and with eglantine." Midsummer Night's Dream, Act ii., Sc. 1 [Illustration] "CERES, most bounteous lady, thy rich lees Of wheat, rye, barley." Tempest, Act iv, Sc. 1. [Illustration] "Allons! allons! sowed cockle reap'd no corn."