110 FLORA UOMESTICA. 



pend entirely upon her care of them, after we have re- 

 moved them from her own great garden. 



Cowslips love a moist soil ; and when we plant them in 

 a pot, the small portion of earth which it contains will 

 naturally dry much faster than in the open ground : there- 

 fore, as we do not remove the brooks and springs with 

 them, we must supply this deficiency by giving water to 

 the potted plants in dry weather ; in return for which, if 

 we will find artists to manufacture it, they will furnish us 

 with honey in abundance : for — 



" rich in vegetable gold 



From calyx pale the freckled cowslip born. 

 Receives in amber cups the fragrant dews of morn.' 



COWSLIPS OF JERUSALEM. 



PULMONARIA. 



BOKRAGINE/E. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Also called Sage of Jerusalem, Sage of Bethlehem, Spotted Com- 

 frey, and Common Lungwort, as being esteemed in complaints of the 

 lungs. — French, la grande pulmonaire ; les herbes aux poumons ; 

 r herbe du cceur [heart wort] ; 1' herbe au lait de Nutre Dame [Our 

 Lady's milk-wort] ; pulmonaire d' Italic. — Italian, polmonaria mag- 

 giore. 



This is a perennial plant, very much resembling the 

 cowslip in form. The colours are many; not only on the 

 same cluster, but even on the individual blossom, ap- 

 pearing various shades of red and blue, and these shades 

 continually changing. Drayton places this flower in such 

 honourable company, as gives us good reason to believe 

 that he held it in great esteem : 



" Maids, get the choicest flowers, a garland, and entwine, 

 Nor pinks, nor pansies, let there want; be sure of eglantine. 



