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may be easily traced by the old English names, 

 such as Lady's fingers, and Lady's smocks, so 

 silver white," as Shakspeare calls the Cuckoo flower, 

 Dames' violet, Ladies' mantle. Ladies' slipper, 

 Maiden-hair, and many others. 



The Marigold is said to have been named from 

 the fact of its being in bloom on all festivals held 

 in honour of the Blessed Virgin. ''At Candlemas 

 (February 2) in warm climates, the old last year's 

 plants will show a few flowers. Even in our 

 climate, a few flowers appear about Lady-tide 

 (March 25). The full flowering takes place about 

 the Visitation (July 2). The young plants flower 

 about the time of the Assumption (August 15). 

 Seedlings of the same year will flower about the 

 Nativity of our Lady (September 8) ; and they 

 continue to flower through the whole period, 

 including November 21 and December 8 — thus 

 blooming on all the Virgin's feasts 



3 Quarterly Review," July, 1863. 



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