40 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



his right hand, with a fair grace, the sign 



Pisces. 



Numa PompiHus gave February its name 

 a Febribus, froin Agues, to which this season 

 is much subject ; or from Februa, w^hich were 

 sacrifices offered for the purgation of the souls 

 of the dead ; for Febriis was an old verb, and 

 signified to purge. 



MARCH. 



" Be patient, swains ; these cruel seeming winds 

 Blow not in vain." 



Thompson. 



An old distich says, 



*' March winds and April showers. 

 Bring forth May flowers." 



The hieroglyphics by which we would dis- 

 tinguish this month are a bird's nest encircled 

 in a garland of amygdalus, the almond, 



"' That blooms on a leafless bough." 



