MAY 3 
Gardenia 
Refinement. 
Her air, her manners, all who saw admired; 
Courteous, though coy, and gentle though retired; 
The joy of youth and health her eyes display’d, 
And ease of heart her every look convey’d. 
MAY 4 
Gentian ... Intrinsic worth. 
’Tis what the heart adores, where’er the eye 
Doth rest, on ocean, earth, or in the sky; 
For love ne’er worships willingly a blot, 
But looks for what is pure, for what is fair, 
For what is good, as heaven and angels are. 
JSallie ft. j3ROCK. 
MAY 5 
Geranium (Oak-leaved).. True Friendship. 
Friendship’s an abstract of love’s noble flame, 
’Tis love refined, and purged from all its dross; 
The next to angels’ love, if not the same; 
As strong as passion is though not so gross: 
It antedates a glad eternity, 
And is a heaven in epitome. 
Catherine Phillips. 
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