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the poets Mealy primrose Seedling leaves 

 Germination of seeds Vitality of seeds Daffodils 

 Daffodil culture Hyacinths Buttercups The 

 lesser celandine Nature study in our schools . 37 



CHAPTER III 



Anemones, or wind-flowers The yellow anemone 

 The mountain anemone The so-called hepatica 

 - Lady's-smocks The monks as herbalists 

 Plants as teachers of religion Wood sorrel 

 Solomon's-seal Solomon as herbalist Tusser's 

 u Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie " 

 Lilies of the valley Cosmopolitan plants Our 

 familiar wildlings introduced into Japan, the United 

 States, Australia, &c. Of intention or inadver- 

 tently Our daisies La Belle Marguerite 

 Chaucer's favourite flower The virtues of may- 

 dew Ox-eyes Names suggestive of resemblance 

 The alkanets we grow . . . .69 



CHAPTER IV 



Museum facilities for the identification of plants The 

 Star of Bethlehem Dame d'onze heures The 

 greater and lesser periwinkles Live and let live 

 Sorcerer's herb The " Historic of Plants, set forth 

 from the Almaigne toong" The columbine, or 

 culverwort Lion's-tooth The "Paradisus" of 

 Parkinson Red valerian The fragrant garlic 

 The mariner's defence Our rampant strayberries 

 The u Via recta " of Venner Our various 

 geraniums The Doctrine of Signatures Celandine 

 The mystical vervain . . . - 



