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the grape leaf, Hercules the poplar and Jupiter, naturally, the monarch 

 of trees, the oak. So we may infer that among the Romans the lily 

 and the oak were the emblems of power; the myrtle and the rose of 

 love; the olive and the violet of learning: the ash of war, and the 

 grape leaf of festivity. 



Even the days of the. week, as we use them now, are named from 

 deities who had each its special flower. The sun (Sunday), the sun- 

 flower; the moon (Monday), daisy; Tuesday (the god Tui's day), the 

 violet; Wednesday (the god Woden's day), the blue monkshood; 

 Thursday (the god Thor's day), the burdock; Friday (the goddess 

 Frea's day), the orchids, and Saturday (Saturn's day), the horse tail. 

 We also find that in our time the sacred days in the calendar of the 

 English church have all their flowers or plant emblems, the principal 

 of which are the holly for Christmas, the palm for Palm Sunday and 

 the amaranth for All Saints' day. Monarchs and nations have often 

 had their symbolic flowers. The thistle is the emblem of Scotland and 

 the shamrock of Ireland. The fleur de lis is the badge of the royal 

 house of France, and the amaranth of Sweden. The rose blooms for- 

 ever on the royal arms of England. — Florist. 



A GREAT FLORAL DISPLAY IK MEXICO. 



A dispatch to Chicago Herald, dated April 27, says : "The Flower 

 Feast or Combat of Flowers began at 4 o'clock this afternoon. One 

 hundred thousand people were on the promenade of La Reforma and 

 the Avenida Juarez. In addition to nearly 500 unadorned carriages 

 containing sight-seers there were over 40 carriages adorned with flowers 

 and ribbons and fully 1,000 horsemen added gayety to the scene. The 

 quantity of flowers was enormous, four carloads coming from Jalapa 

 alone. The first carriage in the line was a small pony- carriage repre- 

 senting a basket of flowers and containing the children of Delfine 

 Sanchez, of the Inter-Oceanic railway. The decorating of this car- 

 riage cost *500. Next followed a victoria beautifully decorated with 

 liowers in the form of a nest. In the procession were a pony-plneton 

 and carriage representing large bouquets, a four-in-hand decorated with 

 flowers in the Spanish colors and attended by 40 cavaliers on horse- 

 back. Then followed a victoria decorated with flowers, a landau cov- 

 ered with flowers to represent a bouquet drawn by horses with gilded 

 hoofs, the victoria of the German Charge d' Affairs, which was decorated 

 witli water lilies, and the coupe of Mr. Trumbull decorated with lilies. 

 The carriage of Mrs. President Diaz was made to represent a bouquet 

 of pure camelias. Unfortunately the celebration was brought to a 

 hasty conclusion by rain."' — Prairie Farmer. 



