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Thus Milton describes Adam’s hyacinthine 
locks :-— 
**Round his parted forelock manly hung clustering.” 
In the Greek Isles brides wear hyacinths 
for their wreaths instead of orange-blossoms : 
** And so we ring a change upon these bells, 
And now of death, and now of love it tells.” 
Why szckness, as well as expectation, should 
be given as a meaning for the Anemone 
we really cannot guess, since amongst the 
Romans to gather the first Anemone of the 
year, with a kind of incantation, was deemed 
a preservative from fever. 
In our own land the Anemone was looked 
on as a fairy-gifted plant. The crimson 
veins in its petals were said to be the loving 
work of the elves. 
The flower is a natural barometer, indi- 
cating approaching rain, or night air, by 
curling over its petals in a curious tent-like 
fashion. 
This was supposed to be done by the 




