"The Frenchman's Darhng": — 

 It was Cowper who gave this now common name to 

 the Mignonette. 



Forget-Me-Not 



When to the flowers — so beautiful — 



The Father gave a name, 

 Back came a little blue-eyed one 



(All timidly it came) 

 And standing at its Father's feet. 



And gazing in His face — 

 It said in low and trembling tones. 



With sweet and gentle grace, 

 " Dear God, the name thou- gavest me 



Alas ! I have forgot." 

 Then kindly looked the Father down. 



And said, " Forget-me-not. " ^„,^„^^„^ 



We may fancy that Eve — herself the first rose 

 of womanhood — gave its name among the roses of 

 Eden, and we like to think that as Adam gave names 

 to all cattle. Eve tried her syllables upon the flowers. 

 Her joy in existence and love must have blossomed 

 easily into words, as she emphasized one after 

 another of them, — was it love or praise, speech 

 half asleep, or song half awake ? ^andace Wheder. 



The chief use of flowers is to illustrate quota- 

 tions from the poets. ^^^^^,^^ 



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There is probably no famous poet that has not 

 sealed his fame into a song about some favorite of 

 the fields. Wordsworth's celandines and daffodils 

 are noted, and Burns's daisy, and Herbert's rose, and 



