OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



can Marigold; the ancient Lychnis, or 

 Maltese Cross ; the Mournful Widow, 

 or Purple Scabious; the Foxglove, or 

 Digitalis, who shoots up like a melan- 

 choly rocket; the European Aquilegia, 

 or Columbine ; the Viscaria, who, on a 

 long, slim neck, lifts a small ingenuous, 

 quite round face to admire the sky ; the 

 lurking Lunaria, who secretly manu- 

 faftures the "Pope's money," those 

 pale, flat crown-pieces with which, no 

 doubt, the elves and fairies by moon- 

 light carry on their trade in spells; 

 lastly, the Pheasant's-Eye, the red Va- 

 lerian, or Jupiter 's-Beard, the Sweet 

 William and the old Carnation, that 

 was cultivated long ago by the Grand 

 Conde in his exile. 



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