214 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



tlemen having their chambers severed from the ladies, cu- 

 riously strewed with flowers, and their beds adorned in 

 exquisite manner, as those of the ladies were not a jot 

 inferior to them. The silence of the night bestowed sweet 

 rest on them all. In the morning, the queen and all the 

 rest being risen, accounting overmuch sleep to be very 

 hurtful, they walked abroad into a goodly meadow, where 

 the grass grew verdantly, and the beams of the sun heated 

 not over violently, because the shades of fair-spreading 

 trees gave a temperate calmness, cool and gentle winds 

 fanning their sweet breath pleasingly among them." The 

 company then sit down, and the celebrated novels com- 

 mence. 



It is still a common custom in Sweden to strew the floors 

 with sprigs of Juniper *. 



KALMIA. 



EHODORACE^. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



So named by Linnaeus in honour of Peter Kalm, professor at Abo 

 in Sweden. 



The Kalmias are handsome shrubs, bearing flowers in 

 clusters, of a rose or peach colour. The Broad-leaved 

 species grows much higher than the others : they must be 

 obtained from a nursery, and will require to be watered 

 pretty liberally. They are natives of North America. 



• See Clarke's Travels, vol. iii. 



