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ings, Culverkeys, Culvers, Gowk's-hose, Gramfer- 

 greygles, Grainfer-gregors, Snap Grass, Greygle, 

 Guckoos, Hyacinth, Crow Leek, Ring o' Bells, Blue 

 Rocket. 



The Bluebell was worn on St. George's Day, April 

 23rd, the flower being dedicated to St. George. 



" On St. George's Day when blue is worn, 

 The blue Harebells the fields adorn." 



The date here determines which Harebell is meant. 

 The colour of Bluebells was regarded as an emblem 

 of the blue seas over which England holds its sway. 



The poets call it the Hyacinth. 



Thus Shelley writes : 



" And the Hyacinth, purple, and white, and blue, 

 Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew 

 Of music so delicate, soft, and intense, 

 It was felt like an odour within the sense." 



So too Lucy Hooper: 



" By field and by fell, and by mountain gorge. 

 Shone Hyacinths blue and clear." 



And an old poet, George Croly : 



" Come, evening gale, the crimsonne rose 

 Is drooping for thy sighe of dew. 

 The hyacinth wooes thy kisse to close 

 In slumbers sweete its eye of blue." 



SciLLA NUTANS. — The illiistration {Fig. 90) gives an 

 excellent idea of the habitat of the Bluebell and its social 

 habit. The wood depicted is a mass of blue colour in early 

 spring. 



