THE CROCUS. 
Botanical Name, Crocus sativus. —Class, Triandria. 
—Order, Monogynia. — Floivers, yellow, purple, white. 
—Native place, Europe. 
Sentiment. 
YOUTHFUL GLADNESS. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
This is one of the harbingers of spring ; its 
bright flowers peering through the snow, and 
surrounded by a livery of white, covering- 
leafless branches, appear to smile amid de¬ 
solation, exhibiting a picture of the gladness 
of youth triumphing over the predictions of 
misfortune. 
