FLORAL CBRBM0KIE3. 
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“ Primrose, first-born child of ver, 
Merry spring-time’s harbinger, 
With her bells dim ; 
Oxlips, in their cradles growing, 
Marigolds on death-beds blowing , 
Lark-heels trim 
“ All dear Nature’s children sweet, 
Lye ’fore bride and bridegroom’s feet, 
Blessing their sense ! 
Not an angel of the air, 
Bird melodious, or bird fair, 
Be absent hence.” 
PLETCHEr. 
Even at the present day, it is quite customary 
with us to strew the path of the bride and 
bridegroom with flowers, and to offer them 
nosegays as they come from church : and in 
Wales, as in some of our rural districts, where 
the jfrimitive observances have been better 
preserved, wreaths and garlands are worn on 
such occasions, and even suspended in the 
place of worship itself ; and to those who 
condemn this practice as unclrristianlike, we 
should say in the words of Bishop Heber, 
“ If this be heathenish, Heaven help the 
wicked ! But I hope you will not suspect 
