Shaksperean bouquet : the flowers and plants of Shakspere, with their scientific names and quotations from his works, wherein allusion is made to them ... / [collected] by William Elder.

  • William Shakespeare
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Shaksperean bouquet : the flowers and plants of Shakspere, with their scientific names and quotations from his works, wherein allusion is made to them ... / [collected] by William Elder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 8. Musk Rose (Rosea Moschitus). No. 9. Pease Blossom (Pisis Sativum). No. 10. Mustard (Sinapis Alba). No. 11. The Thistle (Carduus). No. 12. Honeysuckle (Lonicera Periclyinenum). (Ivy—see No. 1.) (Elm—see No. 4.) Midsummer Night's Dream. Act IV., Scene 1. Titania.—“Come, sit thee down upon this flow’ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, And stick musk roses in thy sleek smooth head And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy.” Bottom.—“ Where’s Pease-blossom ? Pease-blossom.—“ Ready. Dot.—“ Scratch my head, Pease-blossom. Where’s Monsieur Cobweb ? Cobweb.—“ Ready. Dot.—“ Monsieur Cobweb, good Monsieur, get your weapons in your hand, and kill me a red-hipped humble bee on the top of a thistle. • •*•••• Dot.— “Where’s Monsieur Mustard Seed? Mus.—“ Ready. Titania.—“ Sleep thou and I will wind thee in my arms,— Fairies, begone, and be always away. [Exit Fairies. “ So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist, the female ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the elm,” &c. No. 18. The Holly (Ilex Auquifolia). * As you Like It. Act II., Scene 7. “Heigh-ho ! heigh-ho ! unto the green holly,” &c. No. 14. The Daisy (Beilis Perennis). No. 15. The Violet (Viola). No. 16. The Lady’s Smock (Cardamine Pra- tensis). No. 17. The Cuckoo Flower (Lychnis Flos Cucculi). (Also No. 16, with some.) Love's Labour's Lost. Act V., Scene 2. “ When daisies pied,* and violets blue, And lady-smocks, all silver white ; And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Adorn the meadows with delight.” No. 17. Wheat (Triticum). No. 18. Hawthorn (Cratae¬ gus Oxycantha). Midsummer Night's Dream. Act I., Scene 1. “ When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear,” &c. * Shakspere’s “ Daisies pied ” are Burns’s “ Wee modest crimson-tipped flowers.”—W. E.
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