PREFACE. 
HE Editor of this little work has endeavoured 
to make his descriptions of the months, which 
are necessarily very brief, both interesting and in¬ 
structive. For much of the historical information 
embodied in these, he is indebted to the late Dr. 
Robert Chambers’s admirable “Book of the Year.” 
The colored illustrations are by Mr. F. Edward 
Hulme, F.L.S., F.S.A. 
The chief poetical selections are carefully chosen 
from our Standard British Poets. Some are original : 
all relate specially to the months and their flowers. 
Pains have been taken to render the work suitable 
for a gift book, at any season, or for a birthday 
present, on any day of the year. 
