Literary Pocket Book.
FLORAL DIRECTORY.
Virginian Dragon’s Head. Dracocephalus Virginianum.
Dedicated to St. Margaret.
July 21.
St. Praxedes. St. Zodicus, Bp., A. D. 204. St. Barhadbesciabas, A. D. 354. St. Victor, of Marseilles. St. Arbogastus, Bp. A. D. 678.
Flowers.
A sensitive plant in a garden grew
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fanlike leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses of night.
And the spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the spirit of love felt every where;
And each flower and shrub on earth’s dark breast,
Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.