FLORA'S LEXICON. M 



EMITS EASE. Viola Tricolor. C 

 1' i:\tandria. Order: Mo.mm;yni.y. The 

 tints of this flower arc scarce less varied 

 than the names that have been bestowed 

 npon it. That of pansy is a corruption of 

 the Frencli name, petuee, thought 



Leigh Hunt introduces the heart' s-ease 



into his verses 



The garden's gem, 

 Heart's-ease, like a gallant bold, 

 In his cloth of purple and gold. 

 Phillips observes that the most brilliant purples of the artist 

 appear dull when compared to that of the pansy; our richest 

 satins and velvets coarse and unsightly by a comparison of tex- 

 ture ; and as to delicacy of shading, it is scarcely surpassed by 

 the bow of Iris itself. 



THINK OF ME. 



Frolick virgins once these were, 

 Overloving, living here ; 

 Being here their ends denied, 

 Ran for sweethearts mad, and died. 



Love, in pitie of their teares, 

 And their losse in blooming yeares, 

 For their restlesse here-spent houres, 

 Gave them heart's-ease turn'd to flowres. 



Herrick. 



And there are pansies, that 'a for thoughts. 



Shakspeare. 



And thou, so rich in gentle names, appealing 

 To hearts that own our nature's common lot; 



Those, styled by sportive fancy's better feeling 



' A Thought,' ' The Heart's Ease,' or ' Forget me not.' 



Barton. 



