...the earliest, thence called the March violet. To these flowers SHAKESPEARE adds the daffodil. Which comes before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty. Beside the hazel, the sallow now enlivens the hedges with its catkins full of yellow dust; the leaves...

...of the flowers of the yellow-tinted narcissus, as are here collected before us; not that kind, Which comes before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty. but the rarer variety, with slighter petals, and a yet more delicate hue. If this plant was, indeed,...

...the earliest, thence called the Man-kviokt. To these flowers SHAKSPBARK jxi.ls the daffodil, Which comes before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty. Besides the hazel, the fallow now enlivens the hedges with its catkins full of yellow dust , and the...

...earliest, thence called the March Violet. To these flowers Shakespeare adds the Daffodil, Which conies before the Swallow dares, and takes The Winds of March with beauty. Besides the Hazel, the Sallow, the Willow, and the Osier begin now to enliven the hedges with their...

...the earliest, thence called the March violet. To these flowers SHAKESPEARE add the daffodil. Which comes before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty. In the latter part of this month the Equinox happens, when day and night are of equal length all over...

...the flowerets in its soft embrace." This darling flower, this early child of spring, " that come« 4y " Mϻ c#i ? S M K ] . G4IC x ¾ EQ Y` is my peculiar favorite. I never meet with a tuft of them for the first time, but there goes to my...

...cherry-tree in blossom, the damascene and plum-trees in blossom, the white-thorn in leaf, the lilac-tree. * " That comes before the swallow dares, " And takes the winds of March with beauty." — SHAKESPEARE. In May and June come pinks of all sorts, especially tbe blush pink ; roses of all...

...assemblage of the flowers of the yellow-tinted narcissus, as are here before us; not that kind, Which comei before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty. but the rarer yariety, with slighter petals, and a yet more delicate hue. If this P1* was, indeed,...

...hedge-side — while the early daffodil, " Thai comes before the swallow dares, And takes the winds ol' March with beauty," together with crocuses, polyanthuses,...and esculent plants, to the flutter of joy — of ecstasy, which pervades the animated portion of nature ? What exquisite minstrelsy — what a mass...

...Towards the end of the month, the violet perfumes the surrounding air — also the daffodil, ' Which comes before the swallow dares, and takes The winds of March with beauty.'' Besides the hazel, the fallow now enlivens the hedges with its catkins ull of yellow dust, and the...