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blue ; germander, flags, orange-trees, lemon- 

 trees, and myrtles, if they be stoved ; and 

 sweet marjoram, warm set. There followeth 

 for the latter part of January and February, the 

 mezereon-tree, which then blossoms : crocus 

 vernus, both the yellow and the gray ; prim- 

 roses, anemones, the early tulipa, the hyacin- 

 thus orientalis ; chamairis fritellaria. For 

 March, there come violets, especially the 

 single blue, which are the earliest ; the yellow 

 daffodil, the daisy, the almond-tree in blossom, 

 the peach-tree in blossom, the cornelian-tree 

 in blossom ; sweet-brier. In April follow the 

 double white violet, the wallflower, the stock- 

 gilliflower, the cowslip, flower-de-luces, and 

 lilies of all natures ; rosemary-flowers, the 

 tulipa ; the double peony, the pale daffodil, the 

 French honeysuckle, the cherry-tree in blos- 

 som, the damascene and plum-trees in blossom, 

 the white thorn in leaf, the lilac-tree. In 

 May and June come pinks of all sorts, spe- 

 cially the blush-pink ; roses of all kinds, except 

 the musk, which comes later, honeysuckles, 

 strawberries, bugloss, columbine, the French 

 marigold, flos Africanus, cherry-tree in fruit, 

 ribes, figs in fruit, rasps, vine-flowers, 

 lavender in flowers, the sweet satyrian, with 

 the white flower ; herba muscaria, lilium 

 cpnvallium, the apple-tree in blossom. In 



