The language of flowers

by Henrietta Dumont

30. Cowslip, Primula veris. St. Catherine of Sienna, 1380.

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1. Tulip, Genser, Tulipa gesnerina. St. Philip, supposed to have been the first of Christ’s Apostles.

Bachelor’s Button, Lychnis dioica. St. James the just and the less, apostle, martyred in the tumult in the Temple.

2. Charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, or Sinapus arvensis. St. Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, 373.

3. Narcissus, poetic, Narcissus poeticus. The discovery of the cross, 326.

4. Stock Gilliflower, Cheiranthus incanus. St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine.

5. Apple-tree, Pyrus malus. Sts. Angelus and Pius V., pope, 1572.

6. Globe Flower, bright yellow, Trollius europæus. St. John Damascene, 780.

7. Globe Flower, Asiatic, bright orange, Trollius asiaticus. St. John of Beverly.