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and sops in wine, because they were on that 
account frequently used to flavour dainty dishes, as 
well as wine and other liquors. Thus, so early as 
the time of Edward III., Chaucer says : 
Then springen herbis grete and smale, 
The licoris and the setewale, 
And many a clove gilofre, 
to put in ale, 
Whether it be moist or stale. 
And Shakspeare makes Perdita say : 
The fairest flowers o' the season 
Are our carnations and streak'd gilliflowers. 
Those beautifully painted flowers, the Indian 
Pink and the Sweet-willtem, belong to this 
family. 
Matthisson, a German writer, describes a scene 
witnessed by him near Grenoble in France, which 
must deeply interest every heart capable of sympa- 
thizing in the feelings of parting lovers. " Not 
far from Susa, where the road of the Cenis begins to 
ascend, there is a chapel dedicated to the Blessed 
Virgin. Before the simple altar, surrounded by 
