She show'd me her ferns and woodbine sprays Fox-glove and jasmine stars, A mist of blue in the beds, a blaze Of red in the celadon jars, And velvety bees in convolvulus beds And roses of bountiful June-- Oh, who would think that the summer spells Could die so soon?[60] [60] Locker-Lampson. V _Carnations and Gilliflowers_ CARNATIONS (_Dianthus caryophyllus_). _Perdita_ calls carnations and streak'd gilliflowers "the fairest flowers o' the season." Carnation was originally spelled coronation, because the flower was used to make crowns, garlands, and wreaths. In the days of Pliny it was called _dianthus_, or flower of Jove, and was also worn in wreaths and crowns. From Chaucer we know that it was cultivated as the "Clove Gilliflower" in English gardens; and because it was used to add a spicy flavor to wine and ale, it acquired the popular name of "sops in wine." Hence Spenser in his "Shepherd's Calendar" sings: Bring hither the pink and purple Columbine With Gillyflowers; Bring Coronations and Sops-in-wine Worn of paramours. And again: Youth's folk now flocken everywhere To gather May baskets and smelling Brere,[61] And home they hasten the posts to dight And all the kirk pillars in daylight With Hawthorn budes and sweet Eglantine And garlands of Roses and Sops-in-wine. [61] Brier. "Its second specific name," writes Ellacombe, "_Caryophyllus_, i.e., nut-leaved, seems at first very inappropriate for a grassy-leaved plant; but the name was first given to the Indian Clove tree and from it transferred to the Carnation on account of its fine clove scent. Its popularity as an English plant is shown by its many names--Pink, Carnation, Gilliflower (an easily-traced and well-ascertained corruption, from _Caryophyllus_), Clove Picotee[62] and Sops-in-wine from the flowers being used to flavor wine and beer. [62] From the French _picot_, a pinked edge. We still use the word "pinked" for a cut edge, and "pinking-iron" is the word for that with which the edge is cut.