⁂ George IV. was generally nicknamed “Prince Florizel.”
Flower of Chivalry, Sir William Douglas, knight of Liddesdale (*-1353). Sir Philip Sidney, statesman, poet, and soldier, was also called “The Flower of Chivalry” (1554-1586). So was the Chevalier de Bayard, le Chevalier sans Peur et sans Reproche (1476-1514).
Flower of Kings. Arthur is so called by John of Exeter (sixth century).
Flower of Poets, Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400).
Flower of the Levant´. Zantê is so called from its great beauty and fertility.
Zante! Zante! flor di Levanti.
Flower of Yarrow (The), Mary Scott, daughter of Sir William Scott of Harden.
Flowers (The Death of the). In the poem bearing this title William Cullen Bryant thus names the American flowers that have been called “the crown-jewels of the year.”
“On the hill the golden-rod
And the aster in the wood,