SMALL DOUBLE DALSY. 



closes before its appointed time, we may be sure that there 

 will be rain during the day. 



SMALL DOUBLE DAISY.— I reciprocate your 



AFFECTION. 



It would seem that the field daisy was long ago made 

 double by cultivation, since in the days of chivalry it was a 

 most expressive emblem. When the lady-love of a gallant 

 knight granted him permission to emblazon his shield with a 

 Double Daisy, it was a public avowal that she reciprocated 

 his affection. 



SNAP DRAGON {Antirrhinum majus). — PRESUMPTION. 



This remarkable flower has singular attractions. Its 

 colours are now very varied, and adorn our parterres. They 

 need careful control in cultivation, for otherwise, like persons 

 who are inclined to presume on the sufferance accorded them, 

 they claim too large a space amid the company they are 

 introduced to, and require either to be immediately banished, 

 or for the future quietly passed over. 



THE SNOWDROP (Galanthiis mva/is).— Consolation. 



No sooner have we entered fully upon the Winter season, 

 than the pale Snowdrop lifts up her white bells to assure us 

 that Nature is not dead. The rude north wind may howl 



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