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FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
And this was now the first morn of May 
With timid heart, and glad devotion 
To be at the resurrection 
Of this flower, when it should unclose 
Against the sun, that rose as red as rose ; 
And down on knees, then I me set 
And as (well as) I could, this fresh flower I greeted, 
Continuing to kneel, till it unclosed was, 
Upon the short, soft, sweet grass.” 
Again, in the “Cuckoo and the Nightingale,” this advice is given : 
“You use (quoth she)—this medicine, 
Every day, this May, before yon dine, 
Go look upon the fresh daisy, 
And though thou be for wo, ready to die, 
That shall full greatly lessen thee of thy pine.” 
Chaucer’s innocent simplicity of language, and child-like earnest 
love for this lowly favourite—the first that is sought, and eagerly 
grasped by the hands of infancy,—is to me, perfectly exquisite. The 
plain homely style too,—how beautifully in keeping with, and per¬ 
fectly adapted to his subject! What hope then, can we indulge, 
that the modern Flora will find appropriate eulogists ?—Alas—none ! 
For language will not keep pace with machinery—we have not yet 
acquired the art of making verses by steam: hence ye gorgeous 
Dahlias, ye magnificent Cacti, ye soft-eyed Thunbergias, ye delicate 
Plumbagos, ye glowing Justicias, ye velvet petailed Gloxinias,— 
ye must ever wear your gay colours in despair.—No Chaucer lines 
for you! The little cheerful upturned eye, that we thoughtlessly 
crush in our path,—this weed—to watch whose daily awaking, our 
first of poets was drawn from his bed,—has monopolised the sweetest 
and the best of poetry. 
July 1 5th, 1834. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
OPERATIONS IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Azaleas cuttings planted in July, will now probably require pot¬ 
ting off. 
Camellias , if wanted to flower early, should be taken into the 
greenhouse the end of this month, or beginning of October. Grafting 
and budding too, are often performed upon them at this time, but we 
prefer the spring season. 
Carnations, layered last month, will require potting off. 
