]22 FLORA HISTORICA. 



hair on bald and beardless men. We presume it 

 was to be used in the manner of glue, as is now 

 said to be practised by some mustachioed beaux. 



Gerard calls this plant " Blew Harebell, or 

 English Jacint," which was evidently from the 

 French Jacinthe. The term of Non Scriptus was 

 applied to this plant by Dodonseus, because it had 

 not the Ai, Ai on the petals, and therefore could 

 not be the Hyacinthus Poeticus. 



GARDEN HYACINTH. Orlentalis. 



Hyacinth, with sapphire bell 

 Curling backward . 



Some deep empurpled . 



Some as the Rubin laughing sweetly red, 



Some like fair Emeraudes not yet well ripened. 



Had the Oriental Hyacinth been disregarded by the 

 poets, it could not have failed claiming our notice 

 and admiration by its extreme delicacy of colouring, 

 elegance of form, and delightful fragrance, which 

 fit it alike for the garden of choicest plants, or the 

 vase of odorous flowers. Hence, no wonder that 

 Phoebus became enamoured with its beauty, and 

 Zephyrs sighed to enjoy its sweet breath — that our 

 artists should invent glasses for the bulbs, and our 



