IV 
SUMMER 
109 
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance,” 
and then “There are pansies, that’s for thoughts.” 
Pansies are sometimes said to mean memory 
too, as in these little lines :— 
Roses blushing red and white. 
For delight ; 
Honeysuckle wreaths above, 
For love. 
Dim, sweet-scented heliotrope, 
For hope. 
Shining lilies, tall and straight, 
For royal state. 
Dusky pansies, let them be 
For memory ; 
With violets of fragrant breath, 
For death. 
Christina Rossetti. 
Although lilies are here said to be for royal 
state, the same poet, writing of them again, does 
not forget their other lesson :— 
The lilies say, Behold how we 
Preach, without words, of purity. 
If you would have that quiet sermon preached 
in your gardens, you must learn, as all lessons 
have to be learnt, in a practical way how to 
grow lilies there. There are many kinds of 
lilies, and all beautiful, but some are much 
easier to grow than others. Luckily the 
commonest white lily is one of the most 
beautiful, and it is very simple to make it thrive. 
