15. The _primrose_, all bepearl'd with dew, So yellow, green, and richly too. Ask you why the stalk is weak, And bending, yet it doth not break? I must tell you these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover. CAREW. 16. Those greater far than all Our blessed Lord did see, The _lilies_ beautiful, which grew In the fields of Galilee! MARY HOWITT. 17. A little flower, which Before the bolt of Cupid fell milk-white, Now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it _love-in-idleness_. _Midsummer Night's Dream._ 18. The _lilac_, various in array--now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if, Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all. COWPER. 19. _King-cup_, with its canary hue; 'Twas from this goblet Psyche drew The nectar for her butterflies. MISS MOISE. 20. _Jasmine_, with her pale stars shining through The myrtle darkness of her leaf's green hue. MRS. NORTON. 21. The _water-lilies_, that glide so pale, As if with constant care Of the treasures which they bear; For those ivory vases hold Each a sunny gift of gold. MISS LANDON. 22. _Daffodils_, That come before the swallow dares, And take the winds of March with beauty. _Winter's Tale._ 23. Sweet _wild-flowers_, that hold their quiet talk Upon the uncultured green. MRS. GILMAN. 24. The virgin _lilies_ in their white, Clad but with the lawn of almost naked white. COWLEY. 25. The _hyacinth_, for constancy, wi' its unchanging blue. BURNS. 26. Blue _pelloret_, from purple leaves up-slanting A modest gaze, like eyes of a young maiden, Shining beneath dropp'd lids, the evening of her wedding. DRAKE. 27. A _tulip_ just open'd, offering to hold A butterfly gaudy and gay, Or rocking its cradle of crimson and gold, Where the careless young slumberer lay. MISS GOULD. 28. She comes--the first, the fairest thing That heaven upon the earth doth fling, Ere winter's star has set; She dwells behind her leafy screen, And gives as angels give--unseen,-- The _violet_! BARRY CORNWALL. 29. The rich _magnolia_, High priestess of the flowers, whose censer fills The air. MRS. SIGOURNEY. 30. CEREUS, Who wastes on night's dull eye a blaze of charms. DARWIN.