THE ROSEMARY. 
Botanical NiAiE, Rosmarinus officinalis. —Class, Dian- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia. — Floivers, purple, growing 
in an axil .—Native place, Europe. 
.Sentiment. 
REMEM BEAN CE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
We are indebted to Shakspeare for this junc¬ 
tion of flower and sentiment:— 
“ There is Rosemary, that’s for remembrance, 
Pray you, love, remember.” 
No Englishman, or woman, would wish to 
alter what Shakspeare has recorded; it must, 
however, be recollected, that the great poet 
did not arbitrarily attach meanings to flowers. 
