Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1870 — Floral Emblems for the Days and Months. [ARTICLE]

Floral Emblems for the Days and Months.

Thb floral emblems of the days of the week and the months of the year are as follows: » Monday. A loaf of the lotus, or waterlily, half represented light, half dark, the lotus being considered in the East as “ 1 he emblem tad cradle of creative Night. ” Tuesday. A leaf, half light, to signify the heavens, and half blub or sea-green, meaning the Waters, in reference to the second day’s work of creation. Wednesday. A leaf divided into three colors—light, for tils heavens, blue, for the water, and green, for the earth. ■ Thursday. A green lotus leaf, on which is placed a flower figurative of the sun, created on the fourth day. Friday. A leaf on which an insect Is feeding, symbolizing, “Let the earth bring forth the living creatures." Saturday.' The leaf for this day is filled with fruit, for “ I have given you every herb, bearing seed, and every tree, in which is the fruit” Bunday. Simply an olive leaf, sacred to peace and rest. January is represented by a robin; en circled in a garland of sweet-scented tussllago; since the one cheers our dwellings at this season with its presence, while the other regales the early month with Its fragrance. February has a wreath of snow-drops, surrounding a pair of goldfinches; this being the month in which these flowers appear, and also birds begin to couple. March is distinguished by the hieroglyphics of a bird s nest, encircled by a branch of the almond. April For .this month we'have a linnet on her nest in the midst of a bush of ’• The vernal furze, with golden baskets bung.” May. A nest of young birds, clamorous for food in a hawthorn bush in full flower, symbolizes this month. June has a wreath of flowing grapes, encompassing a branch of ripe strawberries. July. A bunch of red cherries, enwreathed with the fragrant purple thyme. August is represented by a coronal of wheat, barley and oats, encircling ripe p lurns. September has a cluster of purple crapes, with a wreath of hops. October is represented with various colored China asters and clusters of hazelnuts. November has a garland of flowing ivy, with turnips and carrots in the center. December is woven with a garland of holly, with its glossy green leaves and vermilion berries, from the center of which hangs a branch of mistletoe.—J. 8. Ingram, in Appleton'» Journal.