44 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



JUNE. 



*' Child of the sun, refulgent summer comes. 

 In pride of youth." 



Thompson. 



" Now the air 



Is rich in fragrance ! fragrance exquisite 

 As new mown hay !" 



Mrs. Robinson. 



A wreath of various grasses in flower, encom- 

 passing a branch of strawberries, is presented 

 as our emblem of the month of June. Pea- 

 cham dressed June in a mantle of dark grass 

 green ; upon his head a garland of bents, 

 king-cups, and maiden's hair ; in his left hand 

 an angle with a box of cantharides, in his 

 right the sign of cancer, upon his arm a basket 

 of the fruits of the season ; it hath the name 

 either a Junvenibus, as observed in May, or 

 of Junius Brutus. 



