42 THE DANDELION. 



high station, with power emanating from 

 him ; or whether welcomed to his sohtary 

 home by the one or two domestic animals, 

 which he has taught to serve him ? Thus 

 have the \dolet, the primrose, the forget-me- 

 not, histories and associations peculiar to 

 themselves, and applicable to no other of 

 their kind. The primrose recalls to mind 

 the Sicilian maiden, St. Agatha, who suf- 

 fered martyrdom by order of Quintianus on 

 the 5th of February 251, in the month when 

 that modest little flower peeps forth from 

 her hiding-place among the moss and fern. 

 The forget-me-not tells of the days of chi- 

 vahy, when she was recognized throughout 

 civilized Eiirope, as an emblem of lasting 

 friendship or affection ; and who does not 

 associate with the 



Violet blue, " that on the moss bank grows," 

 those Floral games at which a golden 



