“A chaplet should be composed of four roses … and a garland should be formed of laurel or oak leaves, interspersed with acorns.”—J. E. Cussans: Handbook of Heraldry, chap. vii. p. 105.
Garland. A collection of ballads in True Loversʹ Garland, etc.
“Thre ornamentys pryncipaly to a wyfe: A rynge on hir fynger, a broch on hir brest, and a garlond on hir hede. The rynge betokenethe true love; the broch clennesse in herte and chastitye; the garlond … gladness and the dignity of the sacrement of wedlock.”—Leland: Dives and Pauper (1493).
