WILD FLOWERS. 



PERIWINKLE. 



Vlnca. 



Welsh, Llys y cyrph, Erllysg eleiaf. French, Pervenche. 

 German, Sinngriin, Wintergriin. Italian, Pervinca, Fior 

 di morto, Vitalba. Spanish, Caracol marine. Portuguese, 

 Congossa. Danish, Singron. Illyric, Karvinjak, Zimo- 

 zelen. 



LINN^EAN. NATURAL. 



Pentandria. Apocynacece. 



Monogynia. 



THIS bright little flower (Vlnca, minor), with its 

 dark, glossy, evergreen leaves which procured for 

 it, in olden time, the name of " little laurel " is to 

 be found in April and May, with its procumbent 

 stems creeping over shady banks and bushy nooks ; 

 or is, more frequently, seen in gardens, where, apart 

 from its beauty, and the long continuance of its 

 period of flowering, the fact of its flourishing, in the 

 words of Wordsworth, 



" Like carpet of Damascus loom," 



under the shade and " drip " of trees or in dark, 

 dank corners where the sun seldom shines makes 

 it a valuable acquisition. Rahel thus prettily de- 

 scribes it: "Yergrungen wo ist auch das? Yer- 

 grungen stezt in Blumenkelcher und kommt alle 

 jahr allemal als Geruch herauf." 



