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" ... sentimental natives, to assist the expression of their feelings ; they are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favourite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and by the sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend : whether, in... "
First additional supplement to Loudon's Encyclopædia of plants; revised by ... - Page 1252
by William Hart Baxter - 1840
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic ..., Volume 13

John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1837 - 648 pages
...survivor, at the grave of his friend ; whether, in short, on fast days or feast days, on occasious of rejoicing, or in moments of distress, these flowers...Corpus,' ' Flor de los Muertos," ' Flor de Maio," ' No me Elvides ' (or forget me not), are but a few names out of the many that might be cited to prove the...
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Annalen der erd-, völker- und staatenkunde, Volume 12

Geography - 1841 - 596 pages
...bee^alb l)ier Spanten, bte i^re 93ebeutung unb [entíntale 3Cnh?en« bung Ье5е(фпеп, §. S. Flor de los Santos, Flor de corpus, Flor de los muertos, Flor de Majo, No me olvides (öergif? mein тф1) uf to. ^ernanbfj erjagt, bafj bie Snbianer^^äuptlinge auf...
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Wild Scenes in South America, Or, Life in the Llanos of Venezuela

Ramón Páez - Indians of South America - 1862 - 550 pages
...assist the expression of their feelings ; they are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favorite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and...Flor de Corpus,' ' Flor de los Muertos,' ' Flor de Mayo,' ' No me olvides,' (or ' Forget-me-not,') are but a few names out of the many that might be cited...
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Wild Scenes in South America, Or, Life in the Llanos of Venezuela

Ramón Páez - Indians of South America - 1862 - 544 pages
...assist the expression of their feelings ; they are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favorite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and...sympathy like theirs ; ' thus, ' Flor de los Santos,' 1 Flor de Corpus,' ' Flor de los Muertos,' ' Flor de Mayo,' ' No me olvides,' (or ' Forget-me-not,')...
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Les orchidées: histoire iconographique, organographie, classification ...

Paul Emile de Puydt - Orchids - 1880 - 582 pages
...de plaisir. C'est dans ces sentiments qu'il faut chercher les noms vulgaires de ces plantes, comme Flor de los santos, Flor de corpus, Flor de los muertos, Flor de maio, et jusqu'au No me olvide (ne m'oubliez pas)1. •> Nous pouvons ajouter à cette énumération les...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 62

Literature - 1892 - 954 pages
...sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend ; whether, in short, on fast days or feast days, on occasions of rejoicing or in moments of distress, these flowers...Corpus,' ' Flor de los muertos,' ' Flor de Maio,' ' No me olvides ' (or Forget-me-not), are but a few names out of the many that might be cited to prove the...
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A Romance of the Rostrum: Being the Business Life of Henry Stevens, and the ...

Auctions - 1924 - 372 pages
...fast days or feast days, on occasions of rejoicing or in moments of mourning, these blooms are sought with an avidity which would seem to say that there...theirs.' Thus Flor de Los Santos, Flor de Corpus, Flos de los Muertos, Flor de Maoi, No me Olvides (forget-me-not) are but a few names out of the many...
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The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser, Volume 7

Gardening - 1865 - 674 pages
...sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend ; whether, in short, on fast days or feast days, on occasions of rejoicing, or •in moments of distress, these...that there was no sympathy like theirs. Thus, Flor do los Santos, Flor de Corpus, Flor de los Muertos, Flor de Maia, No me Olivides or Forget-me-not,...
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