FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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Peacham pictures March in a “ tawny dress, 
with a fierce aspect, a helmet upon his head, to 
show this month was dedicated to Mars his 
father ; the sign Aries in his right hand, lean¬ 
ing' upon a spade, in his left hand almond 
blossoms and sciens; upon his arm a basket 
of garden seeds.” 
APRIL. 
“ Men are April when they woo ; December when they 
wed.” Shakspeare. 
As emblematical of the month when “ The 
clouds consign their treasures to the fields 
we have pictured a linnet in her nest, sur¬ 
rounded by a branch of 
“ The vernal furze 
With golden baskets hung ! Approach it not. 
For ev’ry blossom has a troop of swords 
Drawn to defend it.” 
Hindis. 
