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so-pretty ; Kitty-come ; Kit-run-about; Three-faces 
under-a-hood ; Come-and-cuddle-me ; Pink-of-my 
Joan; Kiss-me ; Tickle-my-fancy ; Kiss-me-ere-I 
rise; Jump-up-and-kiss-me. To our little flower 
has also been given this folk name, Meet-her-in-the- 
entry-kiss-her-in-the-buttery, the longest plant name 
in the English language, rivalled only by Miss 
Jekyll’s triumph of nomenclature for the Stone- 
crop, namely: Welcome-home-husband-be-he-ever- 
so-drunk. 
These little Ladies' Delights have infinite variety 
or expression; some are laughing and roguish, some 
sharp and shrewd, some surprised, others worried, 
all are animated and vivacious, and a few saucy to 
a degree. They are as companionable as people — 
nay, more ; they are as companionable as children. 
No wonder children love them; they recognize 
kindred spirits. I know a child who picked un- 
bidden a choice Rose, and hid it under her apron. 
But as she passed a bed of Ladies’ Delights blow- 
ing in the wind, peering, winking, mocking, she 
suddenly threw the Rose at them, crying out pet- 
tishly, “ Here ! take your old flower ! ” 
The Dandelion is to many the golden seal of 
spring, but it blooms the whole circle of the year in 
sly garden corners and in the grass. Of it might 
have been written the lines : — 
“ It smiles upon the lap of May, 
To sultry August spreads its charms. 
Lights pale October on its way. 
And twines December’s arms.” 
