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FLORAL RECORDS. 4 
The Cowslip, which is so frequently to be 
found beside it, is also a fairy flower. 
“‘ The five small drops of red 
In the golden chalice shed,” 
are said to possess the rare virtue of retaining 
for youth its beauty, or even of restoring it 
when lost. Shakespeare will tell you the 
reason why; he is speaking of the fairy 
queen, remember : 

‘* The cowslips tall her pensioners be. 
In their gold coats spots you see ; 
Those be rubies, fairy favours ; 
Tn those freckles live their savours.”’ 
The fragrance and magic virtue of the 
flower lay entirely in those “freckles.” <A 
quaint old herbalist explains how to use 
them. 
“ An ointment,” he says, “made of the 
flowers, taketh away the spots and wrinkles 
of the skin, and adds beauty exceedingly !” 
We wonder if this secret be known to the 
Rachels” of our age! 
Of one thing we can assure our fair readers, 







