32 FLORAL EMBLEMS.' 



Wednesday takes its derivation from the 

 Goths, who named it after their god Woden, 

 or Odin. Scandinavian Mythology informs 

 us, that Odin put off his mortality in Sweden, 

 declaring, that he was going into Scythia to 

 join the deities at the immortal banquet, where 

 he would receive those who died with arms in 

 their hands. The Swedes call this day O dens- 

 day, it being most probably the day on which 

 that great warrior died. 



*' I was rock'd in giants' cradle. 

 Giants' lore my wisdom gave ; 

 I have known both good and evil. 

 Now I he in lowly grave." 



Herbert's Helga. 



THURSDAY. 



This day is represented by a green lotus 

 leaf, in which is placed the flower as figura- 

 tive of the luminary then created. 



*' Nature's high birth her heavenly beauties show ; 

 By every feature we the parent know. 



