irtle
Embroidered o'er with leaves of Myrtle."

_Roxburghe Ballads._

As a garden shrub every one will grow the Myrtle that can induce it to
grow. There is no difficulty in its cultivation, provided only that the
climate suits it, and the climate that suits it best is the
neighbourhood of the sea. Virgil describes the Myrtles as "amantes
littora myrtos," and those who have seen the Myrtle as it grows on the
Devonshire and Cornish coasts will recognise the truth of his
description.

FOOTNOTES:

[174:1] "Gayle; mirtus."--_Catholicon Anglicum_, p. 147, with note.

NARCISSUS.

_Emilia._

This garden has a world of pleasures in't,
What flowre is this?

_Servant._

'Tis called Narcissus, madam.

_Emilia._

That was a faire boy certaine, but a foole,
To love himselfe; were there not maides enough?

_Two Noble Kinsmen_, act ii, sc. 2 (130).

_See_ DAFFODILS, p. 73.

NETTLES.

(1) _Cordelia._

Crown'd with rank Fumiter and Furrow-weeds,
With Burdocks, Hemlock, Nettles, Cuckoo-flowers.

_King Lear_, act iv, sc. 4. (3).

(2) _Queen._

Crow-flowers, Nettles, Daisies, and Long Purples.

_Hamlet_, act iv, sc. 7 (170).
(_See_ CROW-FLOWERS.)

(3) _Antonio._

He'd sow't with Nettle-seed.

_Tempest_, act ii, sc. 1 (145).

(4) _Saturninus._

Look for thy reward
Among the Nettles at the Elder Tree.

_Titus Andronicus_, act ii, sc. 3 (271).

(5) _Sir Toby._

How now, my Nettle of India?

_Twelfth Night_, act ii, sc. 5 (17).[176:1]

(6) _King Richard._

Yield stinging Nettles to my enemies.

_Richard II_, act iii, sc. 2 (18).

(7) _Hotspur._

I tell you, my lord fool, out of this Nettle, danger, we pluck
this flower, safety.

_1st Henry IV_, act ii, sc. 3 (8).

(8) _Ely._

The Strawberry grows underneath the Nettle.

_Henry V_, act i, sc. 1 (60).

(9) _Cressida._

I'll spring up in his tears, an 'twere a Nettle against M