names to suit himself, and always 

 fancied some term that indicated the 

 colour. 



The old-fashioned name which was 

 bestowed on those first chrysanthe- 

 mums which bloomed in American 

 gardens (about 1820) was Artemesia, 

 dedicated to the Greek Diana, Artemis 

 — a very pretty name for the pale and 

 rather dull lavender blooms which 

 came out courageously late in the 

 year, when most other flowers had suc- 

 cumbed to the nippings of the frost. 



Sitting before a cheerful fire in one 

 of those fine old houses which dignify 

 many a village street in New England, 

 the talk turned upon the generally in- 

 appropriate way in which floral names 

 were bestowed upon girls. Lily is 

 borne by many a brilliant brunette, 

 and Violet by one whose last thought 

 is of shrinking, and so on through the 

 whole list. 



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