FLORAL EMBLEMS. 37 



EMBLEMS FOR THE CALENDAR 

 MONTHS. 



JANUARY. 



" Come, melancholy moralizer come ! 



Gather with me the dark and wintry wreath ; 

 With me engarlan'd now." 

 Le jour de Fan." 



This month is represented by a robin en- 

 circled in a garland of sweet-scented tussilage, 

 Tussilago fragrans. Since the one cheers our 

 dwellings at this season by its cherup, whilst 

 the other regales the early month by its fra- 

 grance. 



" Hail ! then hail to thee, January, all hail ! 

 Cold and wintry as thou art/' 



" Hark ! even now the merry bells ring round 



With clamorous joy to welcome in the day, 

 This consecrated day, 

 To Mirth and Indolence." 



