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With the other of his kind, the speckled and the pale ; 



Then the odoriferous Pink that sends forth such a gale 



Of sweetness, yet in scents as various as in sorts ; 



The purple Violet then the Pansy there supports ; 



The Marigold above t' adorn the arched bar ; 



The double Daisy, Thrift, the Button-Bachelor ; 



Sweet William, Sops in Wine, the Campion, and to these 



Some Lavender they put, and Rosemary, and Bays ; 



Sweet Marjoram with her like, sweet Basil rare for smell, 



With many a flower whose name were now too long to tell." 



If our space permitted, we should like to gossip awhile about 

 each of the flowers commemorated by our old poet, for to 

 each attaches some legend, or romantic tradition, some rural 

 observance, or sweet poetical association. But we must con- 

 tinue our researches, and they bring us now to the Arum. 



THE ARUM. 



To the French the Arum is commonly known as the Calf's 

 foot (Pied de veau). It is a common enough plant, growing 

 on the borders of the wood, and delighting especially in the 

 shade of the hazel trees, but it bears not the slightest re- 

 semblance to the hoof of any quadruped whatsoever, unless, 

 indeed, to a very fervid imagination there should be visible a 

 shadowy similitude in its leaf. 



And it is, in truth, asserted but, not having the eye of faith, 

 the editor cannot see any ground for the assertion that its 

 sagillate or arrow-headed leaves, marked by a strongly-defined 

 mid-rib, bear a certain likeness to the "under bi-ungulated 

 face " of the foot of a young ruminant. Appearing in the early 

 days of spring, they contrast agreeably, by their shining verdure, 



