FLORAL EMBLEMS. 41 



Peacham pictures March in a " tawny dress, 

 with a fierce aspect, a helmet upon his head, to 

 show this month was dedicated to Mars his 

 father ; the sign Aries in his right hand, lean- 

 ing upon a spade, in his left hand almond 

 blossoms and sciens ; upon his arm a basket 

 of garden seeds." 



APRIL. 



" Men are April when thpy woo ; December when they 

 wed." Shakspeare, 



As emblematical of the month when " The 

 clouds consign their treasures to the fields ;" 

 we have pictured a linnet in her nest, sur- 

 rounded by a branch of 



" The vernal furze 



With golden baskets hung ! Approach it not, 

 For ev'ry blossom has a troop of swords 

 Drawn to defend it." 



Hurdis. 



