170 TUINITY TIDE? 



JUNE 18. SS. Marcus and Marckllianus, mar- 

 tyrs, in 286. 

 St. Marina, virgin, 8th cent. 

 St. Amand, bishop, of Bordeaux. 

 St. Elizabeth, virgin and abbess, in 1165. 



Obs. Marcus and Marcellianus were twin brothers of an illus- 

 trious family in Rome : remaining firm in their religion, they were 

 condemned by Fabian to be bound to two pillars, with their feet 

 nailed to the same ; in this posture they were stabbed with lances. 

 All the ancient Martyrologies mark their festival on the 18th of 

 June. St. Elizabeth was abbess of Leonange in Germany. She is 

 reported by Butler to have been favoured with many heavenly 

 visions. 



Horned Poppy Chelidonium glaucum flowers. 



Sweet Williams Dianthus barbatus flowers. 



Candytuft Iberis umbellata flowers. 



Frogbit Hydrochaeris Morsus Ranae in ponds fl. 



Spiked Rampions Phyteuma spicatum full flower. 



Flos Jovis Agrostemma Flos Jovis flowers. 



Purple Bachelor's Buttons Agrostemma Coronaria fl. 



On an average this is the day on which the Sweet Williams begin 



to blow, and continues during the rest of the summer to contrast its 



varying purple crimson and white flowers with the bright scarlet 



flowers of the Scarlet Lychnis in the solstitial border. Spenser 



continually compares this flower with Pinks by the name of Sops In 



Wine. Drayton also uses this name for them : — 



Sweet Williams, Campions, Sops In Wine, 

 One by another neatly. 



The word Dianthus signifies Jove's Flower ; but in English the 



name is generally confined to the Pink, commonly so called; which 



gave occasion to Cowley to make a remark upon the distinction : — 



Sweet Williams small has form and aspect bri£;ht, 

 I/ike that sweet flower that yields great Jove delight ; 

 Had he majestic bulk, he'd now be styled 

 Jove's Flower; and, if my skill is not beguiled. 

 He was Jove's Flower when Jove was but a child. 

 Take him with many flowers in one conferr'd. 

 He's worthy Jove, e'en now he has a beard. 



Cotvley on Plants, Book IV. 



The Bearded Pink, or Sweet William, is called in French Oeillet 

 dePoete; Italian, garafano, gherosano, garofolo ; and is a native of 

 Germany. Gerarde mentions it as being in his time highly esteemed 

 " to deck up gardens, the bosoms of the beautiful, garlands, and 

 crowns for pleasure." The narrowleaved kinds are called Sweet 

 Johns ; the broadleaved unspotted kinds are by some named Tol- 

 meiners and London Tufts ; and the small speckled kind London 

 Pride. 



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