names to suit himself, and always 
fancied some term that indicated the 
colour. 
The old-fashioned name which was 
bestowed on those first chrysanthe¬ 
mums which bloomed in American 
gardens (about 1820) was Artemesia, 
dedicated to the Greek Diana, Artemis 
— a very pretty name for the pale and 
rather dull lavender blooms which 
came out courageously late in the 
year, when most other flowers had suc¬ 
cumbed to the nippings of the frost. 
Sitting before a cheerful fire in one 
of those fine old houses which dignify 
many a village street in New England, 
the talk turned upon the generally in¬ 
appropriate way in which floral names 
were bestowed upon girls. Lily is 
borne by many a brilliant brunette, 
and Violet by one whose last thought 
is of shrinking, and so on through the 
whole list. 
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