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c ‘ Bring hether the pincke and purple Cullembine 
. . . with Gellifloures, 
Bring hether Coronations and Sops-in-wine 
Worne of paramours. 
Sow me the ground with Daffadowndillies 
And Cowslips and Kingcups and loved Lilies, 
The pretty Pawnee 
The Chevisaunce 
Shall match with the fayre Flour Dence.” 
Why, the names are a pleasure, though you know 
not what the Sops-in-wine or the Chevisaunce were. 
Gilliflowers were in the verses of every poet. One 
of scant fame, named Plat, thus sings : — 
“ Here spring the goodly Gelofors, 
Some white, some red in showe ; 
Here pretie Pinks with jagged leaves 
On rugged rootes do growe ; 
The Johns so sweete in showe and smell. 
Distinct by colours twaine. 
About the borders of their beds 
In seemlie sight remained ’ 
If there ever existed any difference between Sweet- 
johns and Sweet-williams, it is forgotten now. 
They have not shared a revival of popularity with 
other old-time favorites. They were one of the “gar- 
land flowers ” of Gerarde’s day, and were “ esteemed 
for beauty, to deck up the bosoms of the beauti- 
ful, and for garlands and crowns of pleasure.” In 
the gardens of Hampton Court in the days of King 
Henry VIII., were Sweet-williams, for the plants had 
been bought by the bushel. Sweet-williams are little 
