xvi FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



YELLOW MABTAGON LILY. See under "Lilium," 

 p. viii., Vol. I. p. 145. 



CROCUS, from Greek crocus, saffron. Holinshed (" England," c. 8), 

 says that " a certain young gentleman named Crocus went to plaie at coits in 

 the field with Mercuric, and being heedlesse of himself e, Mercuric' s coit 

 happened by mishap to hit him on the head," &c. &c. The coit killed him, 

 and saffron sprung from the ground whereon he had bled, and was called 

 crocus in commemoration of the event. N.O., Iridacece. LIXX.EAX: 3, 

 Triandria ; 1, Monogynia. p. 149. 



POPPY, or PAPAVEB. N.O., Papaveracea:. LINIUEAN : 13, 



Polyandria; 1, Monogynia. See under " Eschscholtzia," p. ix., Vol. II. 



p. 153. 

 WINTEB ACONITE. See under " Aconitum," p. vii., Vol. I. 



p. 157. 



I will not praise the often-flattered rose, 

 Or, virgin-like, -with blushing charms half seen, 

 Or when, in dazzling splendour, like a queen, 



All her magnificence of state she shows ; 



No, nor like that nun-like lily which but blows 

 Beneath the valley's cool and shady screen, 

 Nor yet the sunflower, that, with warrior mien, 



Still eyes the orb of glory where it glows ; 



But thou, neglected wallflower ! to my breast 

 And muse art dearest wildest, sweetest flower ! 

 To whom alone the privilege is given 



Proudly to root thyself above the rest, 

 As Genius does, and, from thy rocky tower, 

 Lend fragrance to the purest breath of heaven. 



