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
10. Mezereon, _Daphne mezereon_. St. Scholastica, 543.
Moss, silky fork, _Mnium heteromallum_. St. Coteris, fourth
century.
11. Primrose, red, _Primula verna rubra_. St. Theodora, empress,
367.
12. Anemone, noble Liverwort, _Anemone hepatica_. St. Eulalia of
Barcelona.
13. Polyanthos, _Plimula Polyanthus_. St. Catherine de Ricci, 1589.
14. Crocus, yellow, _Crocus mœsiacus_, or _Crocus aureus_. St.
Valentine, the lover’s saint. He was a priest at Rome, and married
there about the year 270.
15. Crocus, cloth of gold, _Crocus sulphureus_. St. Sigifred,
bishop of Sweden, 1002.
16. Primrose, lilac, _Primula acaulis plena_. St. Juliana.
17. Crocus, Scotch, _Crocus susianus_. St. Flavian, archbishop of
Constantinople, 449.
18. Speedwell, wall, _Veronica vernus arvensis_. St. Simeon, bishop
of Jerusalem, 116.
19. Speedwell, field, _Veronica agrestis_. St. Barbatus, patron of
Benevento, bishop, 682.
20. Cynoglossum omphalodes, or _C. lusitanicum_. St. Milfred,
abbess of Munster.
21. Crocus, white, _Crocus albus_. St. Servianus, bishop, 452.
22. Margaret, herb, _Bellis perennis_. St. Margaret of Cortona,
1297.
23. Apricot tree, _Prunus armeniaca_. St. Milburge of England.
24. Fern, great, _Osmunda regalis_. St. Ethelbert, King of Kent.
25. Peach blossom, _Amygdalus persica_. St. Walburg, abbess of
Swabia, Germany.
26. Periwinkle, lesser, _Vinca minor_. St. Victor, seventh century.
27. Lungwort, _Pulmonaria officinalis_. St. Leander, bishop, 596.
28. Crocus, purple, _Crocus vernus_. St. Proterius, patriarch of
Alexandria, 557.
MARCH.
1. Leek, common, _Allium porrum_. St. David of Wales, archbishop,
544.
2. Chickweed, dwarf mouse-ear, _Cerastium pumilum_. St. Chad, or
Ceada, martyr, under the Lombards, in the sixth century.
3. Marigold, golden fig, _Mesembryanthemum aureum_. St. Cunegunda,
empress, 1040.
4. Chickweed, common, _Alsine media_. St. Casimir, prince of
Poland, 1458.
5. Hellebore, green, _Helleborus viridis_. St. Adrian, 309.
6. Lily, Lent, _Pseudo narcissus multiplex_. St. Colette, bishop.
7. Daffodil, early, _Narcissus simplex_. St. Perpetua, martyred
under the emperor Severus, 203.
8. Rose, ever-blowing, _Rosa semperflorens_. St. Rosa, of Viterbo,
1261.
Jonquil, great, _Narcissus lœtus_. St. Felix, 646.
9. Daffodil, hoop-petticoat, _Narcissus bulbocodium_. St. Catherine
of Bologna, 1463.
10. Chickweed, upright, _Veronica triphyllos_. St. Droctavæus,
abbot, 580.
11. Heath, Cornish, _Erica vagans_. St. Eulogius of Cordova, 851.
12. Ixia, or crocus-leafed Mistletoe, _Ixia bulbocodium_, or
_Viscum albus bulbus_. St. Gregory the Great, prætor of Rome, 574.
13. Heart’s Ease, _Viola tricolor_. St. Euphrasia, 410.
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