FLORAL EMBLEMS. 37 



EMBLEMS FOR THE CALENDAR 

 MONTHS. 



JANUARY 



** Come, melancholy moralizer — come ! 



Gather with me the dark and wintry wreath ; 

 With me engarlan'd now." 

 Le jour de Tan." 



This month is represented by a robin en- 

 circled in a garland of sweet-scented tussilage, 

 Tussilago fragrans. Since the one cheers our 

 dwellings at this season by its cherup, whilst 

 the other regales the early month by its fra- 

 grance. 



*' Hail ! then — hail to thee, Januaiy, all hail ! 

 Cold and wintry as thou art/' 



'* Hark ! even now the merry bells ring round 



With clamorous joy to welcome in the day. 

 This consecrated day. 

 To Mirth and Indolence." 



