WILD FLOWEBS OF JUNE. 



(CONTINUED.) 



CHAP. XIV. 



FLOWERING OF PLANTS COINCIDENT WITH FESTIVALS 

 ELDER AND SHEEP-SHEARING SEASONAL RETARDATIONS 

 THUS NOTED THE YEW, THE BIRCH, AND THE HOLLY 

 IN CHURCHES HABITATS AND SELECTIONS OF PLANTS 

 INFLUENCE OF LIME-STONE VEGETATION OF THE GREAT 

 ORME'S HEAD LOCAL AND WANDERING PLANTS PIM- 

 PERNEL AND OTHER METEORIC FLOWERS. 



" In every copse and sheltered dell, 

 Displayed to the observant eye, 

 Are faithful monitors, who tell 



How pass the hours and seasons by. 



The green-rob'd children of the Spring 

 Announce the periods as they pass, 



Entwine with leaves Time's feather'd wing, 

 And deck with flowers his silent glass. 



And thus each flower and simple bell, 



That in our pathway scattered lie, 

 Are Flora's monitors that tell 



How fast the winged moments fly. 



Time will steal on with ceaseless pace, 



Yet lose we not the fleeting hours, 

 While thus their fairy steps we trace, 



As light they dance among the flowers." 



In the last chapter I presented my readers with a 

 bed of Hoses, to which I hope no objection can be 

 made ; but while we have been reposing upon it, I 



