144 PROSERPINA. 



the names of twelve great families of cinquef oiled flowers,* 

 of which the first group of three, is for the most part 

 golden, the second, blue, the third, purple, and the fourth, 

 red. 



And their names, by simple lips, can be pleasantly said, 

 or sung, in this order, the two first only being a little diffi- 

 cult to get over. 



Which even in their Latin magniloquence will not be too 

 terrible, namely, 



1234 

 Stella, Lucia, Alata, Clarissa, 



Francesca, Campanula, Viola, Persica, 



Primula. Convoluta. Margarita. Rosa. 



22. I do not care much to assert or debate my reasons 

 for the changes of nomenclature made in this list. The 



* The florets gathered in the daisy are cinquefoils, examined closely, 

 No system founded on colour can be very general or unexceptionable : 

 but the splendid purples of the pansy, and thistle, which will be made 

 one of the lower composite groups under Margarita, may justify the 

 general assertion of this order's being purple. 



