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Show I EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY ALL ITS OWN 4 , f THE ROSEMARY "There's rosen-try for you, that's for remembrance. Pray you. love, remember," re-member," sings Orphelia. That is 'he meaning, the -osemary has in the flower language An old super-sirion that was current ! during tho middle ages was that thee girls should gaiJier on the eve of St Magdelene. A liquid should be pre pared from the rosemary of which each drinks. Without a word, 'hey must then go to sleep. If the charm was not broken the dream of e&cll girl would reveal her future. Called Mary's Rose. The name is b rived from the latin, rosamarius. meaning dew of the sea, because It grows near the seashore and the leaves I ok silvery as if they 1 were covered w-fth dew It was dedi eated to tho Virgin Mary and called Mary's rose. A Spanish fairy tale deals with the 1 flower. The kir;: of Spain had a rose-' mary bush of which he was verv prouel One day he was playing his flute ! Suddenh a beautiful girl stepped fotth trom the bush. Startled, the king dropped the instrument and the maiden maid-en disappeared. 'Hie king Immediately fell in love with 'he beautiful girl :ind when it was necevary for him to leave he gave the precious plant into the care of the heai gardener Spell Is Broken. One day nir? two sisters happened tt play a flute near the bush when the girl appeared apaln. Jealous of her beauty, they strje-k the girl. From that t;me on the buh withered The h ad Hardener in distress, overheard two dragons in a nearly forest saying that dragon's blood would revive the rosemary rose-mary bush So he; attacked ahd kil'ed the dragons an-1 joiirf-d the blood on 1 the root.s of the bush thereby breaking; the spell and ihe released princess Iteisa M 1 1 i;e married ili- kini: of Spain |