




FLORAL RECORDS. 37 
fairies, who nestled inside the tent of fair 
leaves, and pulled the curtains round them. 
The Greek legend of the Anemone is, 
that it was stained by the blood of Adonis, 
when he was slain by the wild boar. os 
Adonis sprang from the drops of his blood. 
There is a curious fable linked with the 
Bladder Campion, or Catchfly (Language, 
Snare), which explains its meaning. 
Minerva employed a youth called Cam- 
pion as fly-catcher for her owls; for as she 
used them by day, and they could not see 
in the sunlight to feed themselves, she felt 
bound in honour to provide for their neces- 
sities. Now Campion was a sleepy-headed 
boy, and, instead of fulfilling his noontide 
duty, indulged in an afternoon nap, to the 
manifest injury of the birds of wisdom. 
Minerva was the very last goddess to be 
served by sleepy attendants, so, growing 
incensed with her boy fly-catcher, she pun- 
ished his neglect by turning him into this 
flower, which images the bladders in which 
the poor lad was wont to catch his flies. 




