132 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
that account frequently used to flavour dainty 
dishes, as well as wine and other liquors. Thus, 
so early as the time of Edward III., Chaucer 
says: 
Then springen herbis grete and smale, 
The licoris and the setewale. 
And many a clove gilofre, 
-to put in ale, 
Whether it be moist or stale. 
And Shakspeare makes Perdita say : 
The fairest flowers o’ the season 
Are our carnations and streak’d gilliflowers. 
Those beautifully painted flowers, the Indian 
Pink and the Sweet-william, belong to this 
family. 
Matthisson, a German writer, describes a 
scene witnessed by him near Grenoble in France, 
which must deeply interest every heart capable 
of sympathizing in the feelings of parting lovers. 
“ Not far from Susa, where the road of the 
Cenis begins to ascend, there is a chapel dedi¬ 
cated to the Blessed Virgin. Before the simple 
altar, surrounded by vases of flowers, where the 
image of the Virgin was faintly lighted by a 
single lamp, knelt a girl of about eighteen, 
