The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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young girls, claiming that It has q ten
}dency to draw away the strength
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1.-THE Violet was as proud q device aof
the Ionic Atheninns,' says 9a Rw Unknown
author. ".as the rose OF En- gland and the
lilly Of France. In all seasons ~ was TO
be seen exposed for sale 4 In the market
place at Athens, Z The Greeks called
this flower Ion. and It was said that
Jupiter caused the first violet to spring
M In the grass, 4 hen the unhappy 10,
metamorphosed into helf fer, bent n,
lips to- eat. because Of the freq uent al g
lusions Shakespeare ma es to ne Y nod
ding violet, some think II the great poets
favorite flower. NIB
say. there was "a beautifu III nymph Gale q
|, Echo. She loved a: hnndaome youth,
}Narcissls; but alasl he did not fecipro-
cate her affection 50 she pined 83S away !,
until she became nothing but bones ana and
3yoice-the former the gods turned Into
aton es: the latter may still be heard
among the hills. tAphrodlte, the goddess
OF Beauty and Love, avenged this injury lll
on Narcissus, One day as n he was hunt Z
lng on Mount Hellcon, he bent to Quiesnch
his thirst from spring clear as cry ,sV tal
ana tho goddess caused him to 1alls8ln
love with his own shad ow, whtc ~ was
irefl ected IN the water. The object Of his
desires being unattalnable 10. he, too, pined
away from grief and was metamo rphosed
Nv the gods into the flower tina nov pears
$hls name w hen the N atnds had pre-,
pared thu funeral pile for Narctssus, MS
body was missing :$ R,f Nv IN =l3 "
Instead whereof yellow flower 4; was vas
With tufts Of white about inc put' 't
crowned. Ills; III
ii5 | The 4 cup in the center Of the flower
IL supposed ITO contain the tears OF tn
Inflated Narcissus, ~ b 81
s8 He lYAC IN TIL !,
AZ Another tai Ia Of love and grief Is bound
5un in the legend OF the hyacinth. tiya,-
cinthus was d Greek youth, beloved y, ~
the sun god, Apollo. But as greatly az tss
Apollo loved thus lepny1u's a, = :
west Wind, hated him. One day. Whe y
tho god and his favorite were playing WITH
5the discus. zephyrus blew SO powerfully
rpon the quot flung by Apollo that = {
q ruck IIyacnthus and killed HIM Great
was the grief of Apollo. who caused 1, the
flower which now bears the name OF fi lsV
cinthus to spring from his plood, me e
purple hyacnth. especially. sign1lihe's s SGT
row. hi ~. U. Z. I, 1, !.
The old Greeks had another etty le-
5gend about the daisy, According 70 Gas
sic account Belides, one Of the dryaa i
ftho nymp,hs who presided over VIC odlatds.
was dancing With her favored 81 su eN.1
when she attracted the attention OF Stne
guardian deity Of orchards q shfI.s.
tintotfhe daisy the flower Of faithful love,
}whlch opens and closes with the sun,
S11ha daisy was the ''e'o Of dale Of
3chaucer, and the wee. m Oldest. crlmson-s5
tjnned flower OF Burns Indeed. mex 70
the rose, the daisy aeerns to nave racelVeu d
the most attention from the poets.
RI ~ is one OF the earlles know OF he
Sold English flowers that still retains
It's Saxon name, \ It was called the days
eve and the eye-of-day as Tar back as
there Is record of English history, y ~
auch a wnnderor. says q quaint OLD writer,
that 1t must have been one Of the Erst
flowers that strayed and grew ontslae ne
Garden OF Nden. Poets have dellghtea %
call daisies the stars Of the earth ana
great ra ' Wa the love OF chaucer the father
Of English poesy. for tho tloSBsslHss He tells
M how he rose early In iorning and
vent out again In the a1snIng to see the
days eye open and shut, and that ne
often lay down on his side to see lt un-
fold He calls the opening Of the daisy
Its resurrection,
OTHER sPRlNa FLOWERS.
There an snr,5Pg retiSS wers But e tie
s aeisafist tels a. true sp story aTbus
that lis fully as interesting as any q ,t tha
ianeifu legends The frag q tha aW sI,s
flower that hldes ltselt AWlS ~ az ~, varv
near sre iptis and It lives in taro Iapa
Backin the past ages when North A Y u
was warmer nyar ana North
ca CA But T the descent Of The iee cap IN the
glacial period changed all this the nqW.
ers We're forced downward. one On fh hs
east coast Of Asia, So many years have s
PASSED since they saw each other and they
have LIVED SO far apart. th MAJ g ere and
manner Of life but their common ortS'n.
the. scientists say, can readily pc ss sEa
llshed ,,.4,. ..,ana
s1F Hpr e aome WoaIa havs Is be-
.ieSye that its name Is derived from tho
French, dent DIV Hon q!on's tse !; SUP
~ Indanted. Others say 1t Is borrowed
from the heraldlo lion. whose teeth were
OF gold,. ~. ,,lth