The language of flowers : $b The floral offering ; a token of affection and esteem ; comprising the language and poetry of flowersDumont, Henrietta
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The language of flowers : $b The floral offering ; a token of affection and esteem ; comprising the language and poetry of flowers
Dumont, Henrietta
Flower language; Flowers in literature
6. Moss, screw, _Tortula rigida_. St. Nilammon.
7. Laurel, Portugal, _Prunus Lusitanica_. St. Kentigerna.
8. Tremella, yellow, _Tremella deliquescens_. St. Gudula, patroness
of Brussels.
9. Laurel, common, _Prunus lauro-cerasus_, or common small-fruited
cherry. St. Marciana of Rome.
10. Gorse, or Furze, _Ulex Europœus_. St. William of Bourges, 1207.
11. Moss, early, _Bryum hornum_. Swan-neck thread-moss. St.
Theodosius.
12. Moss, hygrometric, _Funaria hygrometrica_. St. Arcadius.
13. Yew tree, common, _Taxus bacata_. St. Veronica, a nun of Milan,
1497.
14. Strawberry, barren, _Fragaria sterilis_. St. Hilary, 368.
15. Ivy, _Hedera helix_. St. Paul, the first hermit.
16. Nettle, common red Dead, _Lamium purpureum_. St. Marcellus,
Pope.
17. Anemone, garden, _Anemone hortensis_. St. Anthony, patriarch of
monks, 251.
18. Moss, four-toothed, _Bryum pellucidum_. St. Prisca, a Roman
martyr.
19. Nettle, white Dead, _Lamium album_. St. Martha, a Roman martyr,
270.
20. Nettle, woolly Dead, _Lamium Gargaricum_. St. Fabian, Pope.
21. Hellebore, black, _Helleborus niger_. St. Agnes, a special
patroness of purity: beheaded at the age of thirteen, 304.
22. Grass, early whitlow, _Draba verna_. St. Vincent, a Spanish
martyr.
23. Peziza, _Peziza acetobolum_. St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1275.
24. Moss, stalkless, _Phascum muticum_. St. Timothy, disciple of
St. Paul, 250.
25. Hellebore, winter, _Helleborus hyemalis_. The Conversion of St.
Paul.
26. Butter-bur, white, _Tussilago alba_, or Colt’s-foot. St.
Polycarp.
27. Moss, earth, _Phascum cuspidatum_. St. Chrysostom.
28. Daisy, double, _Bellis perennis plenus_. St. Margaret of
Hungary, 1271.
29. Fern, flowering, _Osmunda regalis_. St. Francis of Sales, 1622.
30. Spleen-wort, _Asplenium trichomanes_. St. Martin.
31. Hart’s Tongue, or Spleen-wort, _Asplenium scolopendrium_. St.
Marcella, 410.
FEBRUARY.
1. Moss, lesser water, _Fontinalis minor_. St. Ignatius; and
Bay-tree, _Laurus nobilis_. St. Bridget, patroness of Ireland.
2. Snow-drop, _Galanthus nivalis_. Purification of the Virgin Mary.
3. Moss, great water, _Fontinalis anti-pyretica_, St. Blase of
Armenia, 316.
4. Moss, common hair, or Goldilocks, _Polytrichum commune_. St.
Jane, or Queen Joan, 1505.
Bay, Indian, _Laurus indica_. St. Margaret of England.
5. Primrose, common, _Primula vulgaris_. St. Agatha, a Sicilian
martyr.
Primrose, red, _Primula acaulis_. St. Adelaide, 1015.
6. Hyacinth, blue, _Hyacinthus orientalis_. St. Dorothy, 308.
7. Cyclamen, round-leafed, _Cyclamen coum_. St. Romuald, 1027.
8. Moss, narrow-leafed spring, _Mnium androgynum_. St. John of
Matha, 1213.
9. Narcissus, Roman, _Narcissus Romanus_. St. Apollonia, 249.
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