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“Your voiceless lips, O flowers, are living preachers ;
Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book.”

Horace Smith.

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FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

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ILLUSTRATING THE SENTIMENT AND MEANING ATTACHED
TO THE VARIOUS FLOIYERS AND PLANTS,

TOGETHER WITH

FLOWER LANGUAGE IN BOUQUETS, j

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I.— The Flowee Dial ; showing the Time of Opening

and Closing of various Flowers . 4

II,— Introduction ; Flowers and their Teachings ... 5

III. — Flower Language in Bouquets . 14

IV. —Two Bouquets ; a Poem .16

V. —Vocabulary of Flowers. Part I, With a Com¬

plete Collection of Quotations from the English
Poets, illustrative of Various Sentiments. 17

VI. —Vocabulary of Flowers. Part II.119

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The Peower Dial*

tTje Cime of ®pentng anu Closing of tarioit^
jFIoiBcr^.

Look at the fate of summer flowers.

Which blow at daybreak, droop ere evensong;

And, grieved for their brief date, confess that ours,
Measured by what we are and ought to be.
Measured by all that, trembling, we foresee.

Is not so long !— Wordsworth.

OPENING TIME.

CLOSING TIME.

MORNING.

THE FLOWERS.

AFTERNOON.

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....Smooth Sowthistle.

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|iittr0'Ciitdion.

FLOWERS AND THEIR TEACHINGS.

There’s odour in the very name
Which to the thoughtful brain,

Comes with refreshing influence,

Like April’s pleasant rain.

The rose that to the sun’s warm kiss
Uplifts its blushing cheek.

Is but a rainbow-type of life
Departing while we speak.

S we turn over the leaves of the great book of nature,
and examine the bright-hued, gracefully-formed, and
perfume-haunted characters inscribed thereon ; when we
muse upon the beautiful and holy thoughts, the refined fancies,
and the tender and pleasant memories associated therewith ; we
cannot fail to acknowledge gratefully the wisdom and goodness
of Him who has scattered them so plentifully over the face of the
earth, for man’s pleasure and instruction.

Well and truly has it been said that "stars are the flowers of
heaven," even as "flowers are the stars of earth and when
those beautiful adorners of our terrestrial and transitory abiding-
place are all withered and dead, then, as though to compensate
for their loss, and to lift our hearts to the contemplation of higher
and holier things than can be met with here, do the number and
radiance seem to increase of those shining forms that sprinkle the
expanse of that celestial realm where we are taught to look for
our everlasting habitation.

It was only natural, that from an early period, and throughout
all lands, flowers should have been chosen as emblems of
thoughts-and sentiments, and invested with a language of their
own. Round many a flower beautiful thoughts cluster, and even
He who was Lord of all, did not disdain, in the lessons He
taught, to use as illustrations of great truths, the Lilies that toil

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not, neither do they spin ; the Grape that cannot be gathered
from the Thorn ; and the Wheat that shall be gathered in at the
great harvest.

Among the many legends connected with the flower language,
the following may be cited :

The Daisy is taken by old Geoffrey Chaucer as the type of
beauty and admirable virtue, being the very flower into which the
fair Queen Alceste—who sacrificed her own life to preserve that
of her husband—was changed. No pilgrim, bending at the
shrine of the saint whom he considered the most holy and worthy
of adoration, ever offered more devout homage than did the
‘‘father of English poetry” to this little “Day’s Eye,” or “ Eye
of Day,” as he loved to call it.”

The Almond Tree has been made the emblem of hope and
also of vigilance ; it belongs to the same family aS the Peach ; it
flourishes lu.xuriantly in Syria, and sacred writers frequently de¬
rive from it very striking metaphors. We are told in Numbers,
that Aaron’s rod was taken from the Almond Tree. In Dryden’s
“Virgil ” it i.5 made an emblem of promise.

Violets are historical flowers, and poetical legends innumerable
are woven about them. Milton makes Echo dwell

“ By slow Meander’s margent green
And in the Violet-embroider’d vale.”

Prosperpine was gathering Violets as well as Narcissi, when
seized by Pluto ; la, the daughter of Atlas, fleeing into the
woods from the pursuit of Apollo, was changed into a Violet;
the nymphs, who waited on Endymion, in Keats’s beautiful
legend,

" Rain’d Violets upon his sleeping eyes; ”

and in the floral ceremonies of the ancient Greeks, as well as
Romans, this flower ever had a conspicuous place ; while among
the comparatively modern French troubadours, a golden Violet
was the prize of the successful competitor in the lists of song.

The Hawthorn is a tree around which many legends of flower
language are woven. The young Athenian girls, we are told,

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

brought branches of it to decorate the altar of wedlock, and
those who were about to plight their vows there. It was the
emblem of Hope, too ; and surely that is a hopeful time, when
the first vow of love is poured into the ear of the bashful, blush¬
ing, yet not unwilling maiden. Goldsmith describes

“ The Hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade,

For talking age and whispering lovers made.”

The Hyacinth has been made emblematical of play or game.
There was an annual solemnity, called Hyacinthia, held at
Anyclse, in taconia, which lasted three days. According to an
ancient fable, the flower originated in the blood of Ajax, who
stabbed himself because the arms of Achilles were given to
Ulysses and not to him.

“As .
Arose

poets feigned, from Ajax’ streaming blood ^
ose, with grief inscribed, a mournful flower.

One of the most calumniated of plants is the Foxglove. As a
poisonous plant, this is shunned and disliked by many who do
not know or consider that it possesses very useful medicinal pro¬
perties, teaching us that God hath made nothing but for some
wise end. Miss Pardoe has attached a fine moral to this plant.
She says: “The foxglove, springing from amid the rocky
masses by the wayside, is like virtue struggling ^with adversity,
and seeming doubly beautiful from the contrast.

The pretty little Forget-me-not has been transplanted by Miss
Strickland from the dubious light of legendary song into the
broad sunshine of veritable history. She says: “This royal
adventurer—the banished and aspiring (Henry of) Lancaster—
appears to have been the person who gave the Forget-me-not its
emblematical and poetical meaning, by uniting it, at the penod
of his exile, with the initial letters of his watchword, Souvei^e
vous de moi ; thus rendering it the symbol of remembrance, and,
like the subsequent fatal roses of York and Lancaster, and
Stuart, the lily of Bourbon, and the violet of Napoleon, an
historical flower.” It is a beautiful and graceful little plant, with
its slender stem, and oblong leaves of a pale semi-transparent

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

g-reen and its clusters of cerulean blossoms, each with an eye
like a tiny gold stud set round with turquoises.

There is more than one version of the story which assigns the
rnm“ Plantagenet to the Latin appellation of the

commonly

•'WMF1 ^'ss Pratt, in her charming little work, the
™ Flowers o the Year," - is that the name was assumed

hL t Matilda, the

ughty Empress of Germany, who, having placed a sprio- of

Jlr", s battle, acquired the sut-

name, and bequeathed it to his descendants. Perchance, before

engaging m the contest, he had lain down among the fragrant

sukedf seem ill

suited to accompany the horrors of war."

lan?w 7 Mag-Sedge, called in Scot-

and Wa er-Skeggs, and in France La Flambe aquatique; and
he purple Fleur de Luce, ox, more properly, Fleur de Louis,
bleTof Slaving been chosen as the heraldic em-

hX ^nd '' ’

In June, the Poppy now begins to flush the ocean of golden
green corn-stalks, like the red coral seen through translucent,
sun-hghted waters, but we shall not dwell upon that at present.

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ed IS a beautiful object by the wayside and amid the bursting
ears, that begin to bend with the weight of the swelling grain :
and there too, is the more deeply tinted Com Blue-bottle, which
the Scotch people term " Blue-bonnet "-not so formidable an
object as those “blue-bonnets" which, in “the good (?) old
times were wont to appear, somewhat too suddenly and fre¬
quently for English comfort and safety, “ over the border." And
t ere, too, are the pink Scabious, and the purely white Bladder
Campion, and the little creeping Fumitory, or, as our French
neighbours say. Fume de terre (smoke of the earth), because it
spreads like smoke over the face of the landscape. One of the
popular names of this plant is “Bloody Man’s Thumb " and

THE LANGUAGE OF FLO WEES.

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Shakespeare calls it “ rank Fumiter,” and places it among the
weeds that Lear had crowned himself with in his madness. Miss
Pratt tells us that ‘ ‘ the beautiful Cotton-thistle, which grows by
the Scottish highways,” is generally regarded as that chosen for
the national emblem, and that “its hard and sharp spines well
accord with the proud defiant motto whicli accompanies it ; ”
and she quotes, as a reason for Its being so adopted, this tradi¬
tion : On one occasion, when the Danes were invading the
Scottish nation, and, according to their usual practice, attacking
them during the period of sleep, one of them placed his naked
foot on the spiny leaves of a Thistle, and instinctively uttered a
cry, which aroused the slumbering warriors, and gave them
timely notice of the approach of their foes, who were quickly
defeated and driven from the spot. Many of the Thistles are
truly noble plants, rising to a great height, with their crimson
crowns, and spiny stalks, and large, glossy, serrated leaves ; and
perhaps the most stately of them is that variety which, from
having its leaves beautifully veined with white, is called the Milk-
thistle (Carduus marianus), which is very rare in Scotland,
although common enough in many parts of England.

The Jessamine, however, beautiful and fragrant though it be,
and common as it has become amongst us, is undoubtedly of
foreign origin—a native of the sunny Orient—Persia, Arabia,
and the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, being the countries in
which it is principally known as a wild plant. It appears also to
be very generally found as such in many parts of the south of
Europe, where it was probably introduced by some of the early
Crusaders.

The Arum is also called Wake-robin, Jack-in-a-box, and
Starch-wort, the latter because the roots were formerly employed
in making starch. Culpepper, with commendable candour says :
"Authors have left large commendations of this herb, you see,
but for my part, I have neither spoken with Dr. Reason nor Dr.
E.xperience about it.”

The Daisy was with Keats—poor Keats!—one of the last of
earthly memories, associated with calm and peaceable rest—that

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rest which he hoped to find in the grave. ‘‘ I feel,” he said to
the friend who watched his dying moments—" I feel the daisies
already growing over me and there, we are told, where death
prematurely overtook him, and he was lapped in mother-earth
beneath the walls of imperial Rome, do even grow all the winter
long, violets and daisies, mingled with fresh herbage, and, in
the words of Shelley, ‘ ‘ making one in love with death to think
that one should be buried in so sweet a place. ” The blossoms
of the Pyrola, or Winter-green, so called because it keeps its
foliage fresh and verdant through the winter, may also still be
gathered in the woods of Kent and Yorkshire and other parts of
England, although it is not at any time a flower to be frequently
met with.

“ I found within the pleasant wood
The lone Pyrola growing,”

sings Mary Howitt, alluding, no doubt, to the round-leaved
Winter-Green, which blooms the latest, and has white spreading
flowers. Upon sandy banks and dry pasture-lands may be
gathered the Meadow-Pink, whose generic name, Dianthus
(Flower of God), pertains to all the beautiful and fragrant Pinks
and Carnations of the garden ; this, however, is a very simple
flower, with little or no scent, something in appearance like its
relative, the yet rarer Castle-Pink, which is still blooming luxu¬
riantly upon our garden walls, the seed having been procured
from the lofty keep of Rochester Castle, one of the few spots
in England where it is to be found.

Upwards of three thousand species of Ferns are known ; our
native species, which number about five hundred, are mostly
herbaceous; they are most numerous in the southern counties
of England, and the boggy tracts of Ireland. Many are found
amid the romantic scenery of Wales. But Devonshire is perhaps
their most favoured locality ; this county has long been cele¬
brated for its “ ferny coombes,” and these plants are found
there in greater luxuriance and variety than in any other part
of Britain.

Everywhere, and at all seasons, if we only look closely enough.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

II

we may see Mosses, and among them we may discern many
shapes of rare beauty ; they form miniature forests at the feet
of ancient trees, amid which the bronze beetles and other small
insects sport, as do the elephants and other huge creatures
amid the gigantic vegetation of tropical countries ; they clothe
the bare rocks, and rugged boles, and rough park-palings, and
ruinous buildings, with grace and beauty, and form a couch soft
as velvet, and a path elastic to the tread, for pleasant rambles,
and for needful rest, amid the woods and forests hoary. They
hang with many-coloured tapestry the sides of spring grottoes
and resounding caves, and cluster about crags and precipices,
and float upon the waters like the locks of Nereids, swaying
idly hither and thither as the current flows, or the eddy turns :

“ For scarce my life with fancy played.

Before I dream’d that pleasant dream,

Still hither, thither, idly sway’d,

Like those long mosses in the stream.

So sings the lover in Tennyson’s ballad of the “ Miller s Daugh¬
ter," making use of a beautiful and natural image to express his
own aimless and restless life, before it became steadied by the
power of affection, and acquired a fixed aim and purpose.

“The ferns loved the mountains, the mosses the moor.

The ferns were the rich, and the mosses the poor.”

So runs an old distich, and the legend says that formerly each
of these plants kept to its own locality ; but the sun scorched
the mosses, and dried the roots of the ferns, while the wind
beat pitilessly upon both, and thus, by affliction, they were
brought to a sense of their duty, and each agreed to help the
other: so the tall ferns shielded the mosses from the sun, and
the mosses protected the roots of the ferns from the wind, and
kept them moist. A fine lesson is here of mutual dependence.

From time immemorial it has been the custom to decorate
the churches and houses at Christmas with wreaths and branches
of evergreens ; and still at this festive season, when we meet to
celebrate the birth of the Saviour of mankind, or to offer our
devotions to the Most High,

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“ The cluster’d berries charm the eye,

O’er the bright Holly’s gay green leaves.”

And still, when round the blazing yule log friends and kinsfolk
meet, and old memories are renewed, and old affections awakened
to new life; when the simple carol which tells the story of the
blessed Babe of Bethlehem is sung, and the advent of the time
of family reunion is hailed in words like these ;

“ Old Christmas, merry Christmas, thou art with us once again;

And thy laugh of free light-heartedness goes ringing o’er the plain ;
Thy step is as the step of youth, which knoweth nought of care.

And Holly-berries, ruby red, are glowing 'mid thy hair.”

Then it is that the pale green Mistletoe, the sacred plant of the
Druids dedicated of old to Friga, the Scandinavian goddess
of love—is hung up in hall and kitchen, and gives occasion for
many a mirthful sally and pleasant stratagem.

The Holly, we are told, was dedicated to Saturn, and as the
ffites of that deity were celebrated in December, and the Romans
were accustomed to decorate their houses with Holly, the early
Christians did so too, while they celebrated their festival of
Christmas, in order that they might escape observation.

Yes, the Holly is winter’s tree, and a beautiful object it is,
with its dark, glossy leaves and shining red berries, almost the
only green thing which asserts the vitality of vegetation in this
season of universal deadness.

True it is that in spring,

“ From the vivid greens
That shine around, the Holly, winter’s child.

Retires abash’d,”

as Gisborne tells us. But in the autumn it asserts its right to
notice and admiration :

“ What though yon Holly’s cold unalter’d green,

That oak embosoming with contrast harsh.

Hath met the splendid foil that glows above !

Cinctured with reddening zones, the fertile spray.

Like Indian maiden girt with coral bands,

BJends with^the sylvan monarch’s gorgeous robe
Tints that his gorgeous robe will not disdain.”

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But in winter it is that we appreciate most fully the beauty and
value of this tree.

The Holly tree is one of the greatest ornaments of our gardens
and shrubberies, and has been so for centuries, and we often see
what Mason describes—

“ The Holly’s prickly arms
Trimm’d into high arcades.”

It forms excellent hedges, impervious to man or beast. "Is
there," says worthy John Evelyn in his "Sylvia,” "any more
glorious sight and refreshing object of this kind than an im¬
pregnable hedge of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet
high, and five in diameter, which I can still show in my ruined
garden at Sayes Court (thanks to the Czar of Muscovy), any
time of the year, glittering with its armed and variegated leaves,
the taller standards, at ordinary distances, blushing with their
natural coral? It mocks the rudest assaults of the weather,
beasts, or hedge-breakers."

To understand this allusion, we should remember that while
the Czar Peter was in England, Sayes Court, the property of
Evelyn, was rented by government for his use and residence.

The Holly and the Mistletoe were associates in most festive
scenes incidental to Yuletide, as it was formerly called; then,
in the feudal ages it was customary with our forefathers to go
forth with great solemnity to gather the Mistletoe on Christmas
eve, and to hang it up in the baron’s hall with great rejoicings.

Archdeacon Narcs mentions the custom to have prevailed in
his time of hanging up a bush of Mistletoe, with the important
charm attached to it, that the maid who was not kissed under it
at Christmas would not be married that year.

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PX.OWER-I^ANQUAQE

IN Bouquet^.

» BOUQUET may be made to express hopes and fears
and aspirations as plainly as spoken language itself ;
the only indispensable condition being that the sender
and recipient should, to some extent, be adepts in the language
and sentiment of flowers.

It will be easily seen that the sentiments themselves can be
expressed by the flowers of which the bouquet consists, the con¬
necting links being supplied by certain particulars of arrange¬
ment, of which the following are the chief:

A flower bent towards the right signifies “ I”—one inclined
towards the left means "you.” Thus, a red rosebud, bent
towards the left, means " you are pure and lovely ;" a snowdrop
turned towards the right, " I hope.”

Leaves also signify hopes, and thorns dangers. A rose with
the thorns plucked off, and the leaves left, would signify hopeful
love and confidence. When a flower is reversed, the meaning
is reversed also.

A folded ivy leaf round a bouquet means " I have ; ” a laurel
leaf folded signifies "I am ; ” a leaf of Virginian-creeper means,

‘ ‘ I give ; ” a tendril of ivy expresses a wish.

The following may serve as examples of language-bouquets ;
and a reference to the Vocabulary will enable the reader to pro¬
duce any number of letters with alterations and modifications of
various kinds:

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IS

Geranium (Oakleaved), Gillyflower, and Heliotrope (with a
leaf of Virginian-creeper), though the latter may be omitted.
Meaning; I offer true friendship, affection, and devotion.

II.

Monkshood, Mountain-ash, Blue violet. Meaning; Danger
is near. Be prudent. Be faithful.

III.

Vervain, Sweet Basil, Shepherd’s Purse (wrapped in a
laurel leaf). Meaning : / am enchanted with you. I wish you
well. I offer you my all.

IV.

Mistletoe, Hawthorn, HeUotrope (turned to the right when
presented). Mtdcamg-. I surmoimt difficulties. I hope. I turn
to thee.

V.

Japan Rose, Purple Larkspur, Wild Tansy (turned to- the
left when presented). Meaning : You are only beautiful. You
are haughty. I declare against you.

VI.

Red Poppy, Clematis, Harebell (bound with Virginian-
creeper). Meaning: I offer consolation. You have mental beauty.
I submit to you.

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A circle of azaleas, white as snow,

Edged by a delicate fringe of maidenhair,

And then a row of clustered violets,

And in the midst camellias pale and cold ;

Fit flower for those who have no heart to love.

That is your bouquet, and a costly one.

But to my mind, for lady’s hand too large.

Too artificial, and too stiffly planned.

Fancy it painted ! just a mass of white
Not softened by the one dark heavy line.

Now look at mine, fresh gathered, leaf by leaf
From a green hedgerow. First a slender fern,

A common fern, but green as emerald ;

Spreading its delicate fronds out like a fan.

And then another like a bishop's crook.

Tinged with bright gold and russet, now a group
Of lovely grasses, some like fairy plumes.

Some silvery tufts, and mosses soft and smooth.
And some so light as if a spider’s threads
Had caught each shining seed upon their tips.
And hung them to the slender bending stem.
Here is a spray of dark ground ivy, bright
As polished jet, beside,the sober grey
Of nun-like folded buds with silver touched.

And then for colour, here’s a glowin? leaf.

Shaded from palest brown to deepest red.

And here the rose tips of a sprig of thorn.

And here and there, amid these many hues.
Nestles a primrose in its own green leaf.

While some white violets peep out from the ferns.
And blue ones give a perfume to the grass.

I would not change this handful of the spring
For twenty clumps of costly hothouse flowers.

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FLOWER THOUGHTS.

PART I.

JFIotocrf! aitu i|9eaning!3.

EEC EDA RY . Volubility.

He was perfumed like a milliner.

, . . And still he talked, and talked.

Shakespeare.

Abatine . Fickleness.

Love is not love,

Which alters when it alteration finds.

Shakespeare.

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i8 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Acacia . Friendship.

We pine for kindred natures,

To mingle with our own.— Hemaiis.

Acacia, Pink or White. Elegance.

Bear some glad image to my view,

Will please the mind and fancy too.—A’. L. B.

Acacia, Yellow. Secret love-

Or sighed, and looked unutterable Thomson.

Acanthus . Fine Arts. Artifice.

'Twas Art, sweet Art! New radiance broke
When her light foot flew o’er the ground.— Sprague.

Acalia . Temperance.

An honest man is still an unmoved rock.

Washed whiter, but not shaken with the shock.

Davenport.

Achillea Millefolia . ... War.

When the blast of war blows in our ears.

Then imitate the action of the tiger.— Shakespeare.

Aconite (Wolfsbane) . Misanthropy.

Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store
Of charms, which Nature to her votaries piORnl— Beattie.

Aconite, Crowfoot . Lustre.

Sweet flowers are bright

On earth, as setting suns are bright in heaven.

T. Wilson.

Adonis, Flos . Painful Remembrance.

But ever and anon of griefs subdued.

There comes a token, like a scorpion's sting.— Byron.

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African Marigold . Vulgarminds.

He that depends upon your favours, swims
With fins of lead, and hews down oaks with rushes.

Shakespeare.

Agnus Castus . Coldness. Indifference.

Blow, blow, blow, thou winter winds,

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude. — Shakespeare,

Agrimony . Thankfulness. Gratitude.

Love lights the flame that on the altar burns ;

Peace, joy, and gratitude, the choir compose. — Edmeston,

Almond (Common) ... Stupidity. Indiscretion.

Oh, let the steps of youth be cautious.

How they advance into a dangerous world. — Southey.

Almond (Flowering) . Hope.

Immortal hope

Takes comfort from the foaming billows’rage.

And makes a welcome harbour of the tomb. — Young.

Almond, Laurel . Perfidy.

The stings of falsehood this shall try.

And hard unkindness’ alter’d eye. — Gray.

Allspice . Compassion.

Justice, herself severe.

And Pity, dropping soft the sadly pleasing tear.— Gray.

Aloe . Grief Religious superstition.

Proud little man, opinion’s slave.

Error’s fond child, too dutious to be free. — Crabb.

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Althaea Frutex (Syrian Mallow) ... Persuasio7i.

Persuasion hung upon thy lip,

And sly insinuation’s softer axis.—Blair.

Alyssum (Sweet) . Worth beyond beauty.

When we invite our best friends to a feast,

’Tisnot all sweetmeats that weset before them.— Middleton.

Amaranth (Globe)... Immortality. Unfading love.

Sweet love, that seems not made to fade away ;

Sweet death, that seems to make us loveless clay.

Tennyson.

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Amaranth (Cockscomb) ... Foppery. Affectation.

Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house.— Shakespeare.

Amaryllis ... Pride. Timidity. Splendid beauty.

He pays himself with being Shakespeare.

Ambrosia . Love returned.

A good woman is man’s bliss,

Where her love right and stedfast is.—i?. de Brunne.

American Cowslip. Divine beauty.

Happy the man, who, studying Nature’s laws.

Through known effects, can trace the secret cause.

Dryden.

American Elm . Patriotism.

Such is the patriot’s boast, where’er we roam.

His first, best country, ever is at home.— Goldsmith.

American Linden . Matrimony.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.— Shakespeare.

American Starwort

( Welcome to a stranger.
\ Cheerfulness inoldage.

Beneath thy broad impartial eye.

How fade the lines of caste and birth.— J. G. Whittier.

Amethyst. Admiration.

Her air, her manners, all who saw admired.

Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired.

Crabbe.

Anemone (Zephyr Flower)... Sickness. Expectation.

Will not his name be fondly murmured there?— Hemans.

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Anemone (Garden) . Forsaken.

One rose of the wilderness left on its stalk
To mark where a garden had been.— B. Banton.

Angelica . Inspiration.

The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,

Doth look from earth to heaven, from heaven to earth.

Shakespeare.

Angrec . Royalty.

A kingly condescension graced his lips

The lion would have crouched to in his lair.— N. P. Willis.

Apple . Tonptatioji.

Who quits a world where strong temptations try.

And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly.— Goldsmith.

Apple (Blossom) ... / Fame speahhim

I great and good.

Only the actions of the just

Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.— Shirley.

Apple, Thorn. Deceitful charms.

And sly insinuation’s softer arts.

In ambush layabout thy flowing tongue.— Blair.

Apocynum (Dog’s bane). Deceit.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat.

Yet, fool’d with hope, men favour the deceit.— Dryde?i.

Apricot . Doubt.

Our doubts are traitors.

And make us lose the good we oft might win.

Shakespeare.

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Arum (Wake Robin) . Ardour.

Reflect that life, like ev’ry other blessing.

Derives its value from its use alone.— Dr. Joh7tso7i.

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Separation.

Ash-leaved Trumpet Flower ...

Fair and fragile as a flower,

Like one she passed away.— Epitaph of an Lifant. .

Ash Tree . Grandeur.

The glories of our birth and state

Are shadows, not substantial things. Shirley.

Aspen Tree . Lamentation.

They have nothing to do but to stray ;

I have nothing to do but to weep. Shenstonc.

Aster (China). Variety. Afterthought.

God is a worker. He hath thickly strewn
Infinity with grandeur. God is love.— A. Smith.

Asphodel ... ALy regrets follow you to the gi ane.
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never return to vaz.— Tennyson

Auricula. Painting.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. Shakespeare.

Auricula, Scarlet . . Avarice.

O cursed lust of gold, when for thy sake
The fool throws up his interest in both worlds. Young.

Austurtium.

Summer cometh.

The bee hummeth.— Anon.

... Splendour.

Azalea . . Temperance.

At night retuining, ev ry labour sped,

He sits him down, the monarch of a shed.— Goldsmith.

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Bachelors’ Buttons. Celibacy

They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw,

TJiey mind me o Nannie—my Nannie’s awa’.— Burns.

Balm .

Through many a varying tone unfolds
The harmony of human so\As.—Chafo 7 ic.

Sy77ipathy.

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Balm, Gentle . Pleasantry.

What lively pleasure to divine

The thought implied, the hinted line.— LI. More.

Balm of Gilead . Cure. Relief.

Fancy still paints the future bright, and hope the present
cheers ;

Nor can we deem the path we tread leads through a vale
of tears.— Barton.

Balsam, Red... Touch me not. Impatient resolves.

They rage and strive, desire and love.

But all their noise is vain.

Balsam, Yellow. Impatience.

Then I smiled to think God’s greatness
Rolls around our incompleteness.

Round our restlessness His rest.— Mrs. Browning.

Barberry . Sourness of temper.

But now, when he’s fawning, I with a sour look
Cry " Sirrah !” and give him a blow with my crook.

Byron.

Barberry Tree . Sharpness.

It rains, and there is gloom around,

' Slippery and sullen is the ground.— Landor.

flasil... ••• ••• ••• “*

And now it courted Love,

New, raging, called on Hate.— Gray.

Hatred.

Bay Leaf. / change but in death.

Follow Love’s folding star
To the evening Isond.—Sandys.

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Bay (Rose) Rhododendron ... Danger. Beware.
Out of this nettle Danger, we
Pluck the flower Safety.— Shakespeare.

Bay Tree. Glory.

Till war, their coming joys to blight,

Called him away from love to glory.— C. Dibdin.

Bay Wreath . Reward of merit.

Bearded Crepis. Protection.

Hear this truth sublime,

He who allows oppression shares the crime.— Darwin.

Beech Tree. Prosperity.

By vain Prosperity received.

To herthey vow their truth, and are again believed.— Gray.

Bee Orchis . Industry.

Toil’s the citizen’s vocation.

Honour, toil’s reward should be.— Schiller.

Bee Ophrys . Error.

Plis wit invites you, by his looks to come.

But when you knock it never is at home.— Cowper.

Belladonna . Silence.

Silence, in love, betrays more woe,

Than words, though ne’er so witty.— Raleigh.

Bell Flower, Pyramidal . Constancy-

’Tis often constancy to change the mind.— Tasso.

Bell Flower (small white). Gratitude,

How fresh, O Lord ! how sweet and clean

Are Thy returns ! ev’n as the flowers in Spring.— Herbert, j

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Belvedere. I declare against yoti.

There’s not a joy the earth can give
Like those it takes away.— Byron.

Betony. Surprise.

Till I have felt a sad surprise

That none looked up with me.— L. E. Landor.

Bilberry . Treachery.

In secret we met, in silence I grieve,

That thy heart could forget, thy spirit deceive.— Byron.

Bindweed, Great . Insinuation.

But bachelor holly, who spied her out late.

Destroyed all her plans, by a hint at her date.— Sigour7tey.

Bindweed, Small. Ipuniility.

With little here to do or see

Of things that in the great world be.— Wordsioorth.

Birch . Meekness.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient
Endurance is godlike.— Lo7igfellow.

Birdsfoot Trefoil. Revenge.

The nobler spirit is

In virtue, than in vengeance.— Skakespeai-e.

Bittersweet; Nightshade. Ti'iith.

When the deluded soul, in peace,

Can listen to the voice of truth.— G. Crabbe.

Black Poplar. Courage.

Lo ! the bent stalk from the plain,

Riseth gradual up again.— Metasiasio.

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Blackthorn... Difficulty.

When thou canst toil or gain no more,

Destroy not what was gained before.

Bladder Nut Tree. Frivolity. Amusenwit.

Who friendship with a knave hath made,

Is judged a partner in the trade.— Gay.

Bluebottle (Centaury). Delicacy.

Her face was like an April morn,

Clad in a wintry cloud.— Mallet.

Bluebell . Constancy.

As sainted martyrs, patient to endure.

Simple as unweaned infancy, and pure !— Canning.

Blue-flowered Greek Valerian . Rupture.

I feel, though fate our lives must sever.

Yet shall thy image live for ever.— J. Wilson.

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Bonus Henricus. Goodness.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,

Would men observingly distil it out.— Shakespeare.

Borage. Bluntness.

Hearts that once beat high for praise,

Now feel that pulse no more.— T. More.

Box Tree. Stoicism.

Take what he gives, since to rebel is vain ;

The bad grows better which we well sustain.— Dryden.

Bramble . Lowliness. Envy. Remorse.

Lowliness is young Ambition’s ladder.

Whereto the climber upward turns his face.— Shakespeare.

Branch of Currants . You please all.

Her care was never to offend.

And ev'ry creature was her friend.— Gay.

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Branch of Thorns . Sevej'ity, Rigour.

Here’s a sigh for those that love me,

And a smile for those that hate.— Byron.

Bridal Rose . Happy love.

Oh, lovers’ eyes are sharp to see.

And lovers’ ears in hearing.— Scott.

Broom . Humility. Neatness.

A pearl may in a toad’s head dwell.

And may be found, too, in an oyster shell.— Bunyaii.

Buckbean. Calm repose.

Oh ! well may poets make a fuss
In summer-time, and sigh, ‘ ‘ O rus ! ”— Hood.

Bud of White Rose ... Heart igtiorant of love.

Their smiles and censures are to me the same,

I care not what they praise, and what they blame.

Dry den.

Bugloss. Falsehood.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.— Scott.

Bulrush . Indiscretion. Docility.

Struck blind with beauty ;

Shot with a woman’s smile. — Beaximont Fletcher.

Bundle of Reeds, with their Panicles ... Music.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Give me excess of it.— Shakespeare.

Burdock. Imporhtnity. Touch me not.

A partnership with men m power
We cannot build upon an hour.— Gay.

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Buttercup (Kingcup)... Ingratitude. Childisimess.
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother.— Shelley.

Butterfly Orchis . Gaiety.

Is Folly then so old ? Ah, let me see,

About what time of life may Folly be ?— W. Speneer.

Butterfly Weed . Let me go.

Through the lone groves would pace in solemn mood.
Wooing the pensive charms of solitude.— Pye.

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FOR WINTER HIES HIM AWAY.

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Cabbage

. Profit.

Still heaps up wealth, yet dares not use the store,

But fears to touch it, as ’twere sacred Creech.

Cacalia . Adulation.

While with antic gestures he doth gape and grin.

The sisters admire, and he wheedles them in. S. Butler.

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Cactus. Warmth.

She sought in vain to ease her pain,

The heedless winds did fan her fire.— EtJierege.

Calla ^thiopica. Magnificent beauty.

More lovely than Pandora, whom the gods
Endowed with all their gifts.— Milton.

Caly can thus . Benevolence.

Who elevates humanity

And dignifies its name.— R. Brown.

Camellia Japonica, Red Unpretending excellence.

He is a humble pastor of the poor.

He thinks not of himself.— J. Grahame.

Camellia Japonica, White ... Perfected loveliness.

Dear wishes hovering round her life.

And tending thoughts, and dreams divine.

IV. C. Dennett.

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Camomile . Energy in adversity.

For men must work, and women must weep.

And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.— Kingsley.

Canary Grass. Perseverance.

There is, in every human heart.

Some not completely barren part.— Downing.

Candytuft ... Indifference.

If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.— Herbert.

Canterbury Bell . Acknowledgment.

Happy ! whose gifts thus bright can shine,

And of such good account be made.— Goethe,

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Cape Jasmine . Fin too happy.

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy.

In measure rein thy joy, scant this Shakespeare.

Cardamine. Paternal e7'ror.

Be checked for silence.

But never taxed for speech.— Shakespeare.

Carnation, Deep Red ... Alas I for my poor heaji.

We look before and after;

We pine for what is not.— Shelley.

Carnation, Striped. Refusal.

Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy ]-e:\\.—Donne.

Carnation, Yellow. Disdain.

Life, never contented with honest estate.

Lamented is oft, and repented too late.—T. Tiisser.

Cardinal Flower . Distmetion.

The bravest trophy ever man obtained
Is that which o’er himself himself hath gained.

Eai'l of Stirlhig.

Catchfly . Snare.

Curly locks cover foolish brains ;

Billing and cooing is all your cheer.— Thackeray.

Catchfly, Red . Youthfid love.

I had a love once, fairest among women ;

Closed are her doors on me, I must not see her.— C. Lamb.

Catchfly, White . Betrayed.

Love mistress is of many minds.

Yet few know whom they Southwell.

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1 cdcii* ••• •••

... Strength.

j A spirit yet unquelled and high,

That claims and keeps ascendency.— Byron.

Cedar of Lebanon.

Incorruptible.

I seek divine simplicity in him

Who handles things divine.— Cowper.

Ocdo.t' Lcn.F ••• ••• ••• •••

I live for thee.

Ye’re a’ the warl’ to me, lassie.

Ye’re a’ the warl’ to me.— T. Gemmct.

Celandine (Lesser).

Joys to come.

Guide, oh guide his way.

To heaven’s perfect day.— W. C. Bennett.

Cereus (Creeping).

Modest genius.

Wrapt, earthgazing Reverie,

Blushing, artless Modesty.— Gran^^er.

Centaury .

... Delicacy.

An old man’s tears lie far too deep

To be poured for this alone.— Hemans.

Champignon .

... Suspicion.

But with sharp eyes those nicer faults to find,

Which lie obscurely in the wisest mind.

—Dry den.

Chequered Fritillary.

. Persecution.

So virtue blooms, brought forth amid the storms

Of chill adversity.— H. Kirke White.

Cherry Tree .

Good education.

A poet should inform us, or divert;

But joining both he shows his greatest ax\..-~~Roscotnmon.

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Cherry Tree, White . Deception.

Yea, he deserves to find himself deeeived

Who seeks a heart in the unthinking man.— Schiller.

Chestnut Tree . Do me justice. Luxury.

There’s no dearth of kindness in this world of ours,

Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.

G. Massey.

Chickweed . Rendezvous.

Meet me by moonlight alone.

And then I will tell thee a tale.— Bayley.

Chicory . Frugality.

Though love be, in choosing, far better than gold.

Let love come with somewhat, the better to hold.— Turner.

China Aster . Variety.

Has everything by starts, and nothing long.— Dry den.

China Aster (Double)... 7 partake your sentiments.

’Twas but a kindred sound to move.

For pity melts the heart to love.— Dryden.

China Aster (Single) ... ... I will think of it.

Consideration, like an angel, came

And whipt the offending Adam out of him.— Shakespeare.

China or Indian Pink. Aversion.

China Rose. Beauty always new.

Oh, how can beauty master the most strong.

And simple truth subdue avenging wrong !— Spenser.

Chinese Chrysanthemum ... | Chcerfulneu under

I adversity.

It is not always May.— Longfellow.

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Christmas Rose . Relieve my anxiety.

Be not fearful, come away,— Flatman.

Chrysanthemum, Red . I love.

Of all pains, the greatest pain

It is to love, but love in vain.— Cowley.

Chrysanthemum, White. Truth.

What work does truth, what bright distinctions bear?

Po?nfret.

Chrysanthemum, Yellow. Slighted love.

'Tis hard to smile when one would weep ;

To speak, when one would silent be.— Mrs. Hunter.

Cinquefoil . Maternal affection.

What is a mother's love?— Moir.

Circaea. Spell.

We pine for what is not.— E. Drowning.

Cistus, or Rock Rose. Popular favour.

Rash youth, beware ! thy home-bred virtues save,

And sweetly sleep in thy paternal grave.— Leyden.

Nor blush, my fair, to own you copy these,

Your best, your sweetest empire is to please.

A. L. Barbauld.

Cistus, Gum . I shall die to-morrow.

Like the bubble on the fountain.— Scott.

Citron . Ill-natured Beauty.

You are not free because you’re fair.— Etheridge.

40 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Clematis . Mental beauty.

Governed with a goodly modesty,

That suffers not a look to glance awry.— Spenser.

Clematis, Evergreen . Poverty.

See poverty to fill the hand

That numbs the soul with icy hand.— Gray.

Clotbur. Picdeness. Peiiinaeity.

Cloves . Dignity.

’Twas the queenliest hand in all lady-land ;

And she was a poor man’s wife.— G. Massey.

Clover, Four-leaved . Be mine.

Come live with me, and be my love.— Marlowe.

Clover, Red. Industry.

I’ll be content with what I get.— Anon.

Clover, White. ThuiJz of me.

Some pious drops the closing eye requires.— Gray.

Cobsea ... ... ... ... ,,, ,,, ^

A fellow of infinite discourse.— Shakespeare.

Cockscomb Amaranth [Foppery. Affectation.

{ Singularity.

Always obliging, and without offence.

And fancied for his gay impertinence.— Blackmore.

Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron ... | ^

( are past.

Thou art e’en such, gone with a touch.— Erskine.

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Coltsfoot . justice shall he done.

With honour crowned and dignity.— Lovelace.

Columbine. Folly.

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles.— Prior.

Columbine, Purple . Resolved to win.

I must go, lest the foe

Gain the cause and win the day.— Adamson.

Columbine, Red . Anxious and trembling.

My heart is dying, and my spirits faint.— Anon.

Convolvulus . Botids.

Joyless he sees the growing oils and wmei.—Addison.

Convolvulus, Blue (Minor) ... Repose, Night.

That tranquil shore.

Where the pale spectre Care pursues no more.—C. Smith.

42 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Convolvulus (Major) . Extinguished hopes.

Long have my harp’s best notes been gorat.—Scott.

Convolvulus, Pink... Worth sustained by affectioti.

He's happiest far, whose humble mind
Is unto Providence resigned.— Anon,

Corchorus . Impatient of absence.

Alas, what winds can happy prove

That bear me far from what I love ?— Prior.

Coreopsis. Always cheerful.

Flowers sweet and gay, and delicate like you.

Emblems of innocence and beauty too.— L. Barbauld.

Coreopsis Arkansa. Love at first sight.

She was a phantom of delight.— Wordsworth.

Coriander . Hidden worth.

I ask not to increase my store.— Sivift.

. Riches.

The great, vain man, who fared on costly food.

Whose life was too luxurious to be good.— Parnell,

Corn (Broken) . Quarrel.

Whispering tongues will poison truth.—

Corn Straw. Agreement.

This picture once resembled ih&Q.—Philip.

Corn Bottle . Delicacy.

Honest in thought, in word, in deed.— Gay.

Corn Cockle.

A creature of heroic blood.— Hemans.

Gentility.

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Cornel Tree. Dm'ation.

Returned from long delay.— Pollock.

Coronella. Success crown your wishes.

But westward look, the land is bright.— Clough.

Cowslip. Fensiveiiess. Winning grace.

The golden cowslip, who, with fairy bell.

Rings in the wild bee to his wonted thrift. — Graham.

Cowslip (American) ...

My soul took hold on thee.— Addison.

Cranberry . Cure for heartache.

A man’s best things are nearest him.— Lord Houghton.

Creeping Cereus . Horror.

Cress. Stability. Power.

Crocus. Abuse ?iot.

The wisest of the wise.

Listen to pretty lies.— W. S. Landor.

Crocus, Spring . Youthful gladness.

The fertile soil will a full harvest bear.— Cowley.

... Mirth.

Crocus, Saffron...

June will be here anon.— E. Akers.

Crown Imperial . Majesty. Power.

Eternity, eternity and power.— Procter.

Crowsbill .

Appease your discon'.ented mind. — Gay.

... Envy.

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Crowfoot. Ingraiitude.

Thou art subtle and cruel of heart.— Swinburne.

Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved) . Lustre.

And her hope was in the skies.— Procter.

Cuckoo Plant. Ardour.

A fiery soul which, working out its way,

Fretted the pigmy body to decay.— Dryde7i.

Cudweed (American) ... Unceasing rememhrance-

Though oft we may see, looking down on the tide.

The wreck of full many a hope shining through.

T. Moore.

Currant. Thy frown will kill me.

P'orced to dote on thee thy own way,

I chide thee first and then obey.— Prior.

Cuscuta . Meanness.

And each imprisoned hero quaked with fear.— Swift.

Cyclamen . Diffidence.

He sighed, but would not speak.— Prior.

Cypress . Death. Mourning.

O sacred sorrow, by which souls are tried.

Sent not to punish mortals, but to z'fiOiQ.—Crabbe.

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Daffodil . Regard.

Come live with me, and be
my love.— Marlowe.

I lalilia . Instability.

Like woman’s love the flower will fade,
But, ah ! not half so soon.— T. Moore.

Daisy. Innocence.

Plain without pomp, and rich without a
show .—Dry den.

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Daisy, Garden . I share your sentiments.

The generous spark extinct, revive.

Teach me to love, and to forgive.— Gray.

Daisy, Michaelmas . Farewell.

Peace ! what can tears avail ?

She lies all dumb and pale.— Ba7-ry Coi'jiwall.

Daisy, Parti-coloured . Beauty.

Her face, like a vision

Onceseen, leaves a charm that will ever endure.— C.Swain.

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Daisy, Wild . / will think of it.

Don’t plead a dilatory plea,

Let’s have the general issue.— Sayle.

Damask Rose . Brilliant comflexio7i.

The war of white and damask in
Their nicely gauded cheeks.— Shakespeai-e.

Dandelion . Rustic oracle.

When the wind blows the blossoms fall,

But a good God reigns over zX\.—Mackay.

Daphne Odora. ... Painting the lily.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. . . .

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.— Shakespeare.

Darnel (Ray grass) . Vice.

Vice is a monster of such hideous mien
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen.— Pope.

Dead Leaves ... .'.. Sadness.

Earth seemed a desert I was bound to traverse.

Seeking in vain the old familiar faces.— C. Lovel.

Dew Plant. A Serenade.

Love will find out the way.— Anon.

Dittany of Crete . Birth.

How delicious is the winning

Of a kiss at love’s beginning.— Campbell.

Dittany of Crete, White . Passion.

Sigh no more, lady, sigh no more,

Men were deceivers ever.— Old Ballad.

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Dock . Patience.

Oh, soothe her breast, ye rocks around.

With softest sympathy of sound.— Darwift.

Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty.— Gray.

Dodder of Thyme .. ... Baseness.

Dost thou thirst, base Trojan,

To have me fold up Parca’s fatal web ?— Shakespeare.

Dogsbane . Deceit. Falsehood.

Oh, what a goodly outside Falsehood hath.— Shakespeare.

Dogwood . Dnrahihty.

Though earth may shroud Harmodius now.

We still have sword and myrtle bough.— Hemans.

Dragon Plant . Sna/'c.

He, the deceiver.

Who could win maiden’s breast.

Run, and leave her.— Scott.

Dragonwort . Horror.

With screaming Plorror's funeral cry.

Dried Flax . Utility.

Want beareth ye colde truely, or man.

Ye hissinge of a goose.— Sayle.

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Ebony Tree. Blackness.

Better not do the deed, than weep it done.— Prior.

Eglantine (Sweetbrier) Poetry. I wound to heal.

Of love and social scenes it seemed to speak,

Of truth, of friendship, of affection meek.— W. L. Bowles.

Elder. Zealousness.

I am not mine but thine. I vow thy hosts T will obey;

And serve thee as a servant ought, in pleasing, if I may.—

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Elm*.. ••• ••• ••• ••• •••

Which is the happier or the wiser,

A man of merit, or a miser ?— Swift.

Dignity.

Enchanter’s Nightshade ... Witchcraft. Sorcery.

Thy various follies who can trace ?— Swift.

Endive. Frugality.

She had a frugal mind.— Cowpcr.

Eupatorium . Delay.

Be wise to day, 'tis madness to defer ;

Procrastination is the thief of lime. —Young.

Everflowering Candytuft. Indifference.

’Tis better to have loved and lost.

Than never to have loved at all.— Tennyson.

Evergreen Clematis . Poverty.

Hard usage you must bear.

Few hands your youth will rear.— W. S. Landor.
Evergreen Thorn. Solace in adversity.

The economy of Heaven is dark,

And wisest clerks have missed the mark.— C. Lamb.

Everlasting . Never-ceasing remembrance.

To act in thought

Past seasons o'er, and be again a child.— C. Lamb.

Everlasting Pea. Lasting fleastire.

As some love bird, at day’s departing hour.

Sings in the sunbeam of the transient shower.—

W. L. Bowles.

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Fennel . Worthy of all praise. Strength-

Make ye not two sorrows of one.— Heywood.

Fern. Fascination.

To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow,

To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow.— Spenser.

Ficoides, Ice Plant . Your looks freeze me.

Cold earth, or Stanley.

Fig . Argument

For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.

Goldsmith.

Fig Marigold. Idleness.

They did just nothing all the Azy.—Prior.

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Fig Tree. Prolific.

Fear not, we ne'er shall be disgraced
While that bright magazine shall last.— Prior.

Filbert.. . Reconciliation.

To err is human, to forgive divine.— Pope.

Fir

• •• ••• ... ... ••• ••• ••• ^Px ntc.

Time is like a fashionable host,

That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

Shakespeare.

Fir Tree . Elevation.

A soft, meek, patient, humble tranqiiil spirit.

The first true gentleman that ever breathed.—

Flax. Pomes tic industry. Fate.

I feel your kindness.

Make Money thy iudge, for to follow thy work.

Make Wisdom controller, and Order thy clerk.

T. Tusser.

Flax-leaved Goldy-locks . Tardiness.

And I alone sit lingering here.— Vaughan.

Fleur-de-Lis . Flame. I burn.

Fleur-de-Luce . Fire.

Flowering Fern . Reverie.

Safe from the storm, the meteor, and the shower.

Some pleasing page shall charm the solemn hour.

T. Camphell.'

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Flowering Reed . Confidence in Heaven.

Lovely, lasting peace of mind,

Sweet delight of human kind 1— Parnell.

Flower-of-an-Hour . Delicate Beauty.

Fly Orchis. Error.

They know, yet will not know.— Baxter.

Flytrap . Deceit.

Fool’s Parsley . Silliness.

'Tis pitiful

To court a grin where you should woo a soul.— Cowper.

Forget Me Not. True love. Forget me not.

But when friends are nearest.

And when joys are dearest,

O then remember me!— T. Moore.

Foxglove . Insincerity.

Cameleon-like, they thus their colour change.— More.

Foxtail Grass.

Sporting.

French Honeysuckle . Rustic beauty.

This brilliant is so breathing and so bright.

He needs no foil, but shines by his own proper light.

Dryde7i.

French Marigold.

Beware of Jealousy,

’Tis the green-eyed monster that doth make
The meat it feeds on.— Shakespeare.

jpealousy.

French Willow

Bravery and humanity.

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Frog Ophrys. Disgust.

Fuller’s Teasel . Misa7ithropy.

Of good they choose the least.— Baxter.

Fumitory. Spleen.

Anger, in hasty words or blows,

Itself discharges on our foes.— Walter.

Fuchsia, Scarlet... Taste.

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Garden Daisy . I partake your sentiments.

Ne dearer is none in God's hurd,

Than a good woman with lovely wurd.— R. de Brunne.

Garden Marigold . Uneasiness,

Then, happy low lie down ;

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.— Shakespeare.

Garden Ranunculus ... You are rich in attractions.

She was a phantom of delight

When first she beamed upon my sight.— Wordsworth.

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Garden Sage . Esteem.

Forget not yet the tried intent

Of such a truth as I have meant.— T. Wyatt

Garland of Roses. Reward of Virtue.

A correspondence fixed wi’ Heaven
Is, sure, a noble anchor.— Burns.

Germander Speedwell . Eacility.

There is not a season, there is not a scene

That Fancy and Reason may gaze on serene.— Richardson.

Geranium, Dark . Melancholy.

With eyes upraised, as one inspired.

Pale Melancholy sat retired.— Collins.

Geranium, Ivy . Bridal favour.

When first her empire o’er his heart began,

Since first he called her his, before the holy mail._

Catnpbell.

Geranium, Lemon . Unexpected meeting.

When shall we three meet again.

In lightning, thunder, or in rain ?— Shakespeare.

Geranium, Nutmeg. Expected meeting.

Come into the garden, Maud,

For the black bat. Night, has flown.— Tennyson.

Geranium, Oak-leaved . True Friendship.

This worthy knight durst prove

To lose his crown, rather than fail his love.—

Sir P. Sidney.

Geranium, Pencilled. Ingenuity,

Wild wit, invention ever new.— Gray.

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Geranium, Rose-scented . Preference.

Oh, thou shalt find, where’er thy footsteps roam,

That land thy country, and that spot thy home.

J. Montgomery.

Geranium, Scarlet. Comforting. Stupidity.

And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Goldsmith.

Geranium, Silver-leaved. Recall.

He suffered, but his pangs are o’er ;

Enjoyed, but his delights are fled.— Mo7itgomery.

Geranium, Wild. Steadfast piety.

So must we hope to see God’s face, at least in heaven on
high.

When we have changed this mortal place for immortality.

Gascoy7ie.

Gillyflower . Bonds of ajfection.

The griefs we’ve borne, together borne, we would not now
forget.— W. C. Bennett.

Glory Flower . Glorious beauty.

Where Beauty, mother to the Muses, sits

And comments volumes with her mighty pen.— Marlowe.

Goat’s Rue . Reason.

Who Judgeth well, well God them send ;

Who judgeth ill, God them amend.— Sir T. Wyatt.

Golden Rod . Precaution.

She freely leant to all the poor.

Who left a pledge behind.— Goldsmith.

Gooseberry . Anticipation.

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WINTER,

Gourd. Extent. Bulk.

With all this bulk there’s nothing lost in Og,

For ev’ry inch that is not fool is rogue.— Dryden. ■

Grape, Wild. Charity.

And a hand,

Open as day to melting OuurWy.—Shakespeare.

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Grass. Submission. Utility.

Who shall say that flowers

Dress not Heaven’s own bowers ?—Leigh Hunt.

Guelder Rose . lVinta\ Age,

Threescore summers, when they’re gone,

Will appear as short as one.— Oldys.

YOUTH IS FULL OE PLEASURE,

AGE IS FULL OF CARE. — Shakespeare.

6o the LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Hand Flower Tree

TO BEAR IS TO CONQUER OUR FATE,

Ooo<

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Oooool

. Warning.

I know a maiden fair to see,—Beware \~Loi)gfellow.

Harebell . Submission. Griej.

To bear is to conquer our fate.— B. Barton.

Hawkweed . Quicksightedness.

Quite a scandal not to \ez.xn.~Swift.

Hawthorn.

But I may live in ho^e.—Shakespeare.

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Hazel . Reconciliation.

I cry no more, because he’s dead.— Swift.

Heath . Solitude.

And lonely the dark raven’s sheltering tree.— B. Barto7i.

Helenium. Tears.

Let me kiss off that falling tear.—(7(7)/.

Heliotrope . Devotion. Faithfulness.

That turns to the sun when he sets

The same look that she turned when he rose.— Moore.

Hellebore . Scandal. Cahtmny.

That mocks the tear it forced to flow.— Gray.

Helmet Flower (Monkshood) ... Knight-errantry.
He was a very perfect gentle knight.— Chaxuer.

Hemlock. You will be my death.

And pledged them in Death’s black Wme.—Procter.

Hemp. Fate.

Except wind stands as never it stood,

It is an ill wind turns none to good.— T. Tusser.

Henbane. Imperfection.

With all my imperfections on my Shakespeare.

Hepatica . Confidence.

Hibiscus . Delicate beauty.

Look you how she cometh, trilling

Out her gay heart’s bird-like bliss \~-G. Massey.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Holly . Foresight

Look to the end.— Pope.

Holly Herb. Enchantment

’Twas beauty! ’Twas enchantment all.— Scott.

Hollyhock . Ambition. Fecundity.

lowliness is young Ambition’s ladder,

Whereto the climber upward turns his face.— Shakespeare.

Honesty. Hotiesty. Fascination.

Corniption w’ins not more than honesty.— Shakespeare.

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Honey Flower. Love sweet and secret.

My love is like the red, red rose.— Burns.

Honeysuckle ... Generous and devoted affcctmi.

Gladness brimming over gladness ;

Joy in care, delight in sadness.— W. C. Bennett.

Honeysuckle, Coral. The colour of my fate.

Journeys end in lovers’ meetings.— Shakespeare.

Honeysuckle, French . Rustic beauty.

The queen of curds and cream.— Shakespeare.

Hop . .. Injustice.

To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run.

To spend, to give, to wait, to be undone.— Spenser.

Hornbeam. Ornament.

The world is still deceived by ornament.— Shakespeare.

Horse Chestnut . Ltixury.

O Luxury ! thou curst by Heaven’s decree.— Goldsmith.

Hortensia . You are cold.

That repose

That marks the caste of Vere de Vere. — Tennyson.

Houseleek . Vivacity. Domestic industry.

And Lucy at her wheel shall spin.— Rogers.

Houstonia . Content.

Our portion is not large, indeed.

But, then, how little do we need.— Cotton.

Hova . Sculpture.

The pregnant quarry teemed tvith human form.

Goldsmith.

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64 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Humble Plant. Despondency.

Welcome, slumber, to mine eyes.

Tired with glaring vanities.— Doddridge.

Hundred-leaved Rose . Dignity of mind.

If solid happiness we prize.

Within our breast this jewel lies.— Cottofi.

Hyacinth. Sport. Game. Play.

The sports of children satisfy the child. —Goldsmith.

Hyacinth, White . Unobtrusive Lovelitiess.

The maid was on the eve of womanhood.— Byron.

Hydrangea. A boaster.

How vain was their boasting.— Moore.

Heartlessness.

Cleanliness.

Hyssop .

The unpolluted gale which sweeps the glades.

Bloomfield.

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Iceland Moss ...

Buxom health of rosy hue.— Gray.

Ileallh.

Ice Plant . ... Your looks fi'ceze me.

And ceremony doffed his pride.— Scott.

Imperial Montague. Power.

You see what awful sway I bear. — Anon.

Indian Cress . Warlike trophy.

Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. — Shakespeare.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLO WEES.

Indian Jasmine (Ipomoea) . Aitaclinieiit.

The faithful compass that still points to thee.— Gay.

Indian Pink, Double . Always lovely.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.— Byron.

Indian Plum . Privation.

Thou ask’st why do the poor complain } — Southey.

Iris. Message.

Here’s a double health to thee.— Byron.

Iris, German . Flame.

What is genius? ’tis a flame !— Moore.

Ivy . Fidelity. Marriage.

Marriage, rightly understood,

Gives to the tender and the good
A paradise below.— Cotton.

Ivy, Sprig of, with tendrils ... Assiduous to please.

Should he upbraid, I’ll answer with a smile.— Shakespeare.

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Jacob’s Ladder. Come down.

Holy and blest

Is the calm of thy rest.— Alford.

Japan Rose. Beauty is your only attraction.

The rosy lip may cease to smile on you,

The kindly beaming eye grow eold and strange.

Hon. Mrs. Nortofi-

Jasmine . Amiability.

The generous spark e.xtinct, revive,

Teach me to love, and to forgive. — Gray.

Jasmine, Cape.. ... Transport of joy.

The future has its heaven.

Jasmine, Carolina . Separation.

There’s a magical tie to the land of our home.

Which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may
roam. — E. Cook.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Jasmine, Indian . I attach myself to you.

We have been friends together,

Shall a light word part us now 1—Hon. Mrs. Norton.

Jasmine, Spanish . Sensttality.

Where all the storms of passion mainly beat
On flesh and blood.— S. Daniel.

Jasmine, Yellow . Grace and elegance.

Great thoughts, great feelings came to them
Like instincts, unawares.— Houghton.

Jonquil . I desire a return of affection.

Thou, my only joy,

Thou my chief sorrow, when I saw thee not.— Alford.

Judas Tree. Unbelief

J uniper . Succour.

Their souls flashed out like naked swords,
Unsheathed for fiery fate.— G. Massey.

Betrayal.

Protection.

J usticia ••• ••• Pile perfection offemale loveliness.

Oh, and proudly stood she up.

Her heart within her did not IdRs.—Tennyson.

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Kennedia . Mental beauty.

He saw her lovely, but he saw not half

The charms her downcast modesty concealed.—

King-cups. Desire of riches.

What is fame?—an empty bubble ;

Gold?—a transient, shining trouble.— Gj-anger.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Laburnum. Forsaken. Pensive beauty.

Sweet is true love, though giv’n in vain,

And sweet is Death, who puts an end to pain.— Tennyson.

f Capricious beauty. Win
1 me and wear me.

Our appetites as apt to change as theirs.

And full as craving too, and full as vain.— Dryden.

Lady’s Slipper

Lagerstrgemia, Indian

Eloquence.

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man.

If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.— Shakespeare.

Lantana . Rigour.

Should such a man, too fond to rule alone.

Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.— Pope.

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Larch. Audacity. Boldness.

Man doth ransack man,

And builds on blood, and rises by distress.—,?. Datiiel.

Larkspur . Lightness. Levity.

Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late.

He had his jest, and they had his t.%\.z.\.Q.—Dryden.

Larkspur, Pink . Fickleness.

Thus always teasing others, always teased.

His only pleasure is to be displeased.—

Larkspur, Purple . LLaughtiness.

What the weak head with strongest brain rules.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.— Pope.

Laurel . Glory.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.—Graj)/.

Laurel, Common (in flower) . Perfidity.

Before her Hope, behind Remorse,

Fair first, in fine unseemly.— R. Southwell.

Laurel, Ground . Perseverance.

Crown me with thy love again.

And we both shall monarchs prove.— Marvell.

Laurel, Mountain. Ambition.

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,

And Fortune’s ice prefers to Virtue’s \^vA.—Dryden.

Laurel-leaved Magnolia. Dignity.

Awake, my muse, and leave to dream of loves.

Shake off soft Fancy’s chains, I must be Sxo:<t.—Alexa 7 ider.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Laurestina . A token. I die if neglected.

Gather therefore the rose which yet is prime,

For soon comes age, that with her pride deflower.

Spenser.

Lavender . Distrust.

In the night, imagining some fear.

How easy is a bush supposed a bear.— Shakespeare.

Leaves(dead) .

Melancholy, silent man.

With leaden eye, that loves the ground.—(7;wj/.

Melancholy.

Fidelity in love.

Lemon. Zest

Is it that Youth paints every view too bright.

And, life advancing. Fancy fades her light 1—A. Hill.

Lemon Blossoms..

The tree of deepest root is found
Least willing still to quit the ground.—

Lettuce . Cold-hcartcdness.

Leave her to meet all hopeless meed.

And bless thyself that so art freed.— Harrington.

Lichen. Dejection. Solitude.

In that still, thoughtful, solitary hour.

When Truth exerts her unresisted ^O'^tx.—Akenside.

Lilac, Field ...

Humility.

Lilac, Purple . First emotions of love.

When as we sat and sighed

And looked upon each other, and conceived

Not what we ailed, yet something we did ail—5. Daniel.

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Lilac, White. Youthful innocence

In that first garden of our simpleness
We spent our childhood.—.S'. Daniel.

Lily, Day . Coquetry.

They jealous are of every sight they see,

They strive to seem, but never care to be.— Gascoigne.

Lily, Imperial. Majesty^

A kingly condescension graced his lips,

The lion might have crouched to in his lair.—

N. P, Willis.

Lily, White. Furity. Sweetness.

And then towards me, like a very maid,

Came blushing, winning, willing, and a.fra.id.—Reals.

Lily, Yellow. Falsehood. Gaiety.

Take, oh take, those lips away.

That so sweetly were forsworn.— Shakesgeaj-e.

Lily of the Valley . Return of happiness.

Smiles on past Misfortune’s brow.

Soft Reflection’s hand can trace.—Graj/.

Linden or Lime Trees. Conjugal love.

But hand-in-hand we’ll go.

Lint . IM obligations.

And think, how well soe’er it be that thou hast spent the
day.

It came of God, and not of thee, and so direct thy way.—

Gascoigne.

Live Oak. Liberty.

He is a free-man whom the truth makes free.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Confidence.

Liverwort .

Be just, and fear not.—Shakespeare.

Licorice, Wild . y declare against you.

Look to thyself—thou art in \oo^nxAy—Shakespeare.

Malevolence,

Lobelia .

Oppression’s heart might be imbued,

With kindling drops of loving-kindness.— C. Mackay.

Locust Tree.

She walks in beauty like the night.

Elemnce.

Locust Tree (Green)... Affection beyond the grave.

E’en from the grave the voice of Nature cries.—

llondon Pride . Frivolity.

The hours must at her toilet \yn\t.—Prior.

Concord.

Lote Tree .

A competent living, and honestly had,

Makes such as are godly both thankful and glad.—

T. Ttisser.

. Eloquence.

His copious accents fell with easy nxt.—Pope.

Lotus Flower .

The falling out of faithful friends
Renewal is of love.— R. Edwards.

Lotus Leaf .

If I am wrong, oh teach my heart
To find that better way.— Pope.

Estra7iged love.

Recantation.

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Love in a Mist. Perplexity.

I am amazed, and know not what to so-y.—Shakespeare.

Love lies Bleeding. Hopeless, not heartless.

Lucem.- . Z^6’.

Then you know the worth of a lass,

When you have come to forty year.— Thackeray.

Lupine ...

He stuffs.

. Voracmtsness. Imagination.

and swills, and stuffs again .—Pope

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Madder. Calumny.

Thou shall not scape detraction.— Shcikespeave.

Magnolia . Love of Nature.

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness.— Cowpcr.

Magnolia, Swamp. Perseverance.

Smallest helps if rightly given,

Make the impulse stronger.—C. Mackay.

Mallow ...

To err

s human, to forgive divine.— Pope.

Mildness.

Mallow, Marsh. Beneficence.

Reflect that life, like ev’ry other blessing,

Derives its value from its use alone. — Dk, JoJitisoti,

Mallow, Syrian . Consumed by love.

Trust me truly that I shall die, soon after ye begone,

For in my mind, of all mankind, I love but you alone.

Mallow, Venetian . Delicate beauty.

So sweet a face, such angel grace,

In all that land had never been.— "Fcnnyson,

Manchineal Tree. Falsehood.

Falsehood and fraud shoot up in every soil.

The product of all Addison.

^1-d.ndialce ... ,,, ... ,,, ,,, Llorror.

How custom steels the human breast.

To deeds that nature’s thoughts detest !—y. Scott.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Maple . Reserve.

Where he might, free from trouble, pass his days
In his own way, and pay his rent in praise.— Churchill.

Marigold .

To be perked up in a glistening grief.
And wear a golden sorrow.— Shakespeare.

Grief.

Marigold, African. Vulgar minds-

Above the vulgar flight of common souls.— Murphy.

Marigold, French. yealousy.

Love looks aloft, and laughs to scorn all such as griefs
annoy,

The more extreme their passions be, the greater is his
joy.— W. Hunnis.

Marigold, Prophetic . Prediction.

Like Eden's dread probationary tree.

Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.— Cowper.

Marigold and Cypress. Despair.

All her maidens, watching, said,

“ She must weep, or she will die.”— Teunyson.

Marjoram . Blushes.

Oh ! my love’s a winsome lady.

Sweeter face ne’er fed love on.— G. Massey.

Marvel of Peru . Timidity.

Groundless hope and anxious fear.

By turns the busy moments share.— Merrick.

Meadow Lychnis. Wit.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied.

And thin partitions do their bounds divide.— Dryden.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Meadow Saffron . My best days are past.

Yet, taught by Time, my heart has leam'd to glow
At others’ good, and melt at others’ woe.— Pope.

Meadowsweet . Uselessness.

Have we not seen, on Britain’s peopled shore.

Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore?— Goldsmith.

Mercury. Goodness.

Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress.

Swift of despatch, and easy of access.— Drydcn.

Mesembryanthemum . Idleness.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands.

As useless when it goes as when it stands.— Cowper.

Mezereon . Desire, to please.

Stella looked on, and from her heavenly face
Sent forth the beams w'hich made so fair my face.—

Sh' P. Sidney.

Michaelmas Daisy. Afterthought.

Mignionette Your qualities surpass your charms.

Her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks.— Dr. Doime.

Milfoil.

Cease to consult the time, for action calls ;

War, horrid war, approaches to your walls .—Pope

War.

Milkvetch. Your presence softens my pains.

She drank down her half of our bitterest cup.

And taught me how to bear.— G. Massey.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Milkwort . Hermitage.

The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell,

His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well.

Mimosa (Sensitive Plant) . Sensitiveness.

Mint. Virtue.

On eagle’s wings immortal scandals fly.

While virtuous actions are but born and die.— Harvey.

Mistletoe. / surmount difficulties.

Never say “fail” again.—

Mock Orange . Counterfeit.

Skilled with a touch to deepen scandals’ tints.

With all the high mendacity of hints.— Byron.

Monksliood (Helmet Flower) |

( errantry.

Men may rise on stepping-stones

Of their dead selves to higher things.— Tennyson.

Moon wort . Forgetfulness.

Morning Glory. Affectation.

And with a sty, insinuating grace,

Laughed at his friend, and looked him in the’face.—

Dry den.

Moschatel . Weakness.

He that of greater works is finisher.

Oft does them by the weakest minister.— Shakespeare.

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Moss . Alaiernal love.

A mother's love ! how sweet the name !

What is a mother’s love ?— Moultine.

Mosses . Ennui.

His whispered theme, dilated, and at large.

Proves, after all, a wind gun’s airy charge.— Cowper.

Mossy Saxifrage . Affection.

Thine ears are set wide open evermore.

Before we knock, thou comest to the door.— Gascoigne.

Motherwort. Concealed love.

Why did she love him ? Curious fool, be still ;

Is human love the growth of human will ?— Byron.

Mountain Ash . Prudence.

Youth stops at first its wilful ears,

To Wisdom’s prudent choice.— Granger.

,, . _ -j { Unfortunate attachment.

Mourning Bride ...

( I have lost all.

Year chases year, decay pursues decay.

Still drops some joy from withering life away.— Johnson.

Mouse-eared Chickweed ... Ingenuous simplicity.

In this the art of living lies,

To count no more than may suffice.— Cotton.

Mouse-eared Scorpion Grass ... Forget me not.

The streams with softest sound are flowing.

The grass, you almost hear it growing.— Wordsworth.

Moving Plant . Agitation.

Content thyself to be obscurely good.— Addison.

82 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Mudwort. Tranquillity.

May all my wants be still supplied,

My state too low t' admit of pride,

And yet above contempt. — Merrick,

Mugwort . Happiness.

Whatever different paths mankind pursues,

O Happiness, ’tis thee we keep in view.— Cowley.

Mulberry Tree (Black) ... I shall not survive you.

Whoever joins instruction with delight.

Pleasure with profit, is most surely right.— Roscommon.

Mulberry Tree (White). Wisdom.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

As they draw near to their eternal home.— Waller.

Mushroom . '.. Suspicion.

Suspicion still doth haunt the guilty mind ;

The thief doth fear each bush an officer.— Shakespeare.

Musk Plant. Weakness.

. Spend none but your own, howsoever ye spend,

Forbribingand shifting have seldom good end. — T. Tusser^

Mustard Seed . Indifference.

I care for nobody, no, not I,

And nobody cares forme.— Old Song.

Myrobalan. .i. .. Privation.

But before they were enjoyed.

Poverty had made them void.— Lowell.

Myrrh . Gladness.

There’s a good time coming, boys,

A good time coming.— C. Mackay.

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Myrtle. Love.

My faith, lo here ! I vow to thee, my troth thou know’st
too well ;

My goods, my friends, my life is thine ; what need I more
to tell,— R. Edwards,

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84 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Narcissus . Egotism.

Proud of her beauty, and proud of her pride,

And proud of fifty matters beside.— Saxe.

Nasturtium. Patriotism.

Who never to himself hath said.

This is my own, my native land.— Scott.

Nettle, Burning . Slander.

And he said likewise.

That a lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Tennyson.

Nettle Tree . Concert.

The eye of the master enricheth the hutch.

The eye of the mistress availeth as much.— T. Tusser.

Night-blooming Cereus . Transient beauty.

Still wheeling her flight through the gladsome air,

The spirit of beauty is everywhere.— Hawes,

Night Convolvulus . Night.

How beautiful is night!

A dewy freshness fills the silent air,— Southey.

Nightshade . Truth.

Oh, while you live, speak truth and shame the devil.—

Shakespeare.

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Oak Leaves. Bravery.

Dark days have fallen, yet in the strife
They fate no hope sublime.— G. Massey.

Oak Tree. Hospitality.

Come, if the love thou hast for me

Is pure and fresh, as mine for thee.— Moore.

Oak (White) . Itidependence.

But Virtue can itself advance.—Parwe//.

Oats. The witching soul of music.

As if one heard heaven’s thunders meet in music.— Frere.

Oleander. Beware.

Bright Reason will mock thee.— Shelley.

Olive . Peace.

Quit a worn being without pain.— M. Green.

Orange Blossoms. Your purity equals your loveliness.

Sweet delight of human kind.— Parnell.

Orange Flowers ... Chastity. Bridalfestivities.

She spoused, about him twines
Her marriageable arms.— Milton.

Orange Tree . Generosity.

Let us aid it all we can,

Ev’ry woman, ev’ry man.

The good time coming.— C. Mackay.

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Orcliis ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• hcllc.

I arise from dreams of thee.— Shelley.

Osier . Franhiess.

'Tis plain without turnpikes ; so. nothing to pay.—

Osmunda . Dreams.

I love tranquil solitude.— Shelley.

Ox-Eye. Patieuce.

My stedfast heart shall fear no ill,

For thou, O Lord, art with me still.— Addison.

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THE LANGUAGE OE FLOWERS.

And thrice he routed all his foes,

And thrice he slew the slain.— Dryden.

... Victo7y.

Pansy .

The present moment flies,

And bears our life away.— Doddridge.

Thoughts.

Parsley. Festivity,

Take the goods the gods provide thee.—

Pasque Flower . You have ho claims.

Wag as it will, the world for me.— Byro7n.

Passion Flower. Religious superstition.

Why should religion make me sad ?— Ferguson.

Patience Dock . Fatiefice.

Patient enduranee is godlike.— Longfellow.

Pea, Everlasting. afpointed meeting.

( Lastmg pleasure.

Meet me by moonlight alone.— Bayley.

Pea, Sweet. Departure.

The old year went with mourning by.

The new came dancing after.— W. M. Praed.

Peach ... Your qualities, like your charms, are

unequalled.

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Peach Blossom. ••• I am your captive.

You know, if I have been untrue,

It was in too much praising yoM.—Gascoigne.

Pear . Affection.

I love a friendship free and frank.

And hate to hang upon a hank.— Byrom.

• • • • • •

Comfort.

Pear Tree

To heaven, from whence it fell.

It turns not back z-goCxa..—Doddridge.

Pennyroyal. ••• away.

But now ’tis fled, fled far away.—y. Elliot.

Peony . Shame. Bashfulness.

True modesty is a discerning gya-ct.—Cowper.

Peppermint. Warmth of feeling.

Thou art brilliant as a flower.

Crimsoning in the sunny ho\xc.—Mrs. Burton.

Periwinkle, Blue . Early friendship.

I had a friend ; a better friend hath no maxs.—Lamb.

Periwinkle, White . Pleasures of memory.

Far off thou art, but ever nigh;

I shall not lose thee, though I Odo:.—Tennyson.

Persicaria... Restoration.

Give, oh give me back my Byron.

Persimon. Bury me amid Naturds beauties.

Make her a grave where the sunbeams Moore.

90 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Peruvian Heliotrope . Devotion.

Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath.— J, Montgomery.

Pheasant’s Eye . Rememlrance.

Remembrance swells, and turns the past to pain.—

Goldsmith.

Plilox. Unanimity.

So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart.— Shakespeare.

Pigeon Berry . Indifference.

She did, in sooth, display the heart.

That might have wrought the greater smart.— Harrington.

Pimpernel . Change. Assignation.

The deep foundations that we lay,

Time ploughs them up, and not a trace remains.— Cowper.

Pine

Fity.

The hardest breast sweet pity mollifies.

What stony heart resists a woman’s tear ?— Fairfax.

Pine-apple. Yon arc perfect.

She’s divine, all mankind’s wonder.— Rochester.

Pine, Pitch. Philosophy^

Minds are of celestial birth.— J. Montgomery.

Pine, Spruce. Hope in adversity.

The very thought of change I hate.

As much as of despair.— Parnell.

IPinlc ••• ... ... ... ... ^doidtxcss.

Saucy and audacious eloquence.— Shakespeare.

Pink, Carnation . Womans love.

With you, roses brighter bloom ;

Sweeter every sweet perfume.— Granger.

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Pink, Indian, Double. Always lovely.

Thus am I Beauty's bounden thrall,

At her command she me doth call.— G. Gascoigne.

Pink, Indian, Single . Aversion.

Walks early out, and ever is alone.— Dry den.

Pink, Mountain . Aspiring.

Glories, like glowworms, afar off shine bright.

But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.— Webster.

Pink, Red, Double . Pure and ardent love.

Dear friend, far off, my lost desire;

So far, so near, in woe and weal.— Tennyson.

Pink, Single. Pure love.

From the king unto the beggar,

Love conquers all.— Old Ballad.

Pink, Variegated . Refusal.

Give o'er thy plaint, the danger's o'er;

She might have poisoned all thy life.— Harrington.

Pink, White. Ingenuity. Talent.

Bom with each method and each art to please.— Pope.

Plane Tree . Genius.

Welcome, pure thoughts! welcome, ye silent groves ;
These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves.—

Wot ton.

Plum, Indian . Privation.

That numbs the soul with icy hand.— Gray.

Plum Tree . Fidelity.

But to see her was to love her.

Love but her, and love for ever.— Burns.

92 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Plum, WilcJ — . Independence.

Lord of himself, though not of lands ;

And having nothing, yet hath all.— Wotton.

Polyanthus. Pride of riches.

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many,

But yet, she never gave enough to any.— Harrington.

Polyanthus, Crimson. The heart's mystery.

Polyanthus, Lilac . Confidence.

We only part to meet again.— Gray.

Pomegranate . Foolishness.

Plumed Conceit, himself surveying ;

Folly with her shadow playing.— Granger.

Pomegranate Flower. Mature elegance.

Poplar, Black. Courage.

Virtue can gain the odds of Fate.— Parnell.

Poplar, White . Tune.

Bring boughs of cypress for the bier ;

Fling roses on the cradle.— W. M. Praed.

Poppy, Red . Consolation.

Yet now we meet, that parted were so wide.

O’er rough and smooth to travel side by side.—

Hartley Coleridge.

Poppy, Scarlet . Fantastic extravagance.

On sure foundations let your fabric rise.— Roscommon.

Poppy, White ... Sleep. My bane. My antidote.

Sleep, that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care.—

Shakespeare.

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Potato . Benevolence.

He that is thy friend indeed,

He will help thee in thy need.— Barnjield.

Prickly Pear ... ... .. Satire.

All fools have still an itching to deride.—

Pride of China ... ••• Dissension.

Love has bliss, but love has rmmg.—Campbell.

Primrose.

Sleep, image of thy is.'Ca.&x.—Campbell.

Early youth.

Primrose, Evening. Inconstancy.

Time drives the flocks from field to fold.

When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold.— W. Raleigh.

Primrose, Red . Unpatronised merit.

Whether my life shall still decay,

And when my sorrow end.— N. Breton.

Privet

. Prohibition.

But the weary ne’er return
To their ain countree.— Gilfillan.

Purple Clover . Provident.

Still waiting for the end.— Schiller.

Pyrus Japonica. Fairies fire.

Thou happy, happy C\.i\~Hood.

Quaking-Grass ... Agitation.
Learn that glory and disgrace.
Wisdom and folly, pass away.—
Macaulay.

Queen’s Rocket

The mind still turns where shifting Fashion draws.

• • • • • •

Quince

Hence, vain, deluding joys \—Miiion.

... A couquette. Fashion.

LWS.—

Goldsmith.

... Tcmpaiion.

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Ragged Robin .

True wit is knowledge to advantage dressed.— Pope.

Ranunculus . Radiant with charms.

'Twere madness not to love thee.— Rochester,

Ranunculus, Garden... You are rich in attractions.

Love is the happy privilege of the mind,

Love is the reason of all living things.— S. Dobell.

Ranunculus, Wild . Ingratitude.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky.

Thou dost not bite so nigh.

As benefits forgot.— Shakespeare.

Raspberry . Remorse.

And grim Remorse, with blood defiled.— Gray.

I^ay Cjiass .«• ... ... ... ... ... ... ilict.

Red Catclifly... '. Youthful love.

This bitter sweet, this honey gall to prove.

And all the oil and vinegar of love.— Smart.

Reed . Complaisance. Music.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Give me excess of it,— Shakespeare.

Reed, Split . Indiscretion.

The kiss snatched hasty from tlie sideling maid.

On purpose guardless, or pretending sleep.— Thomson,

96 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Rhododendron (Rosebay) ... Danger. Beware.

I know a maiden, fair to see,

She can both false and friendly be.— Longfellow.

Rhubarb. Advice.

Rocket . Rivalry.

Gathering her brows like gathering storm.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.—.Sarwr,

^^ose ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BtOve.

" Put on a Spanish padlock 1 ” Reason cries.

But tender, gentle Love with every wish complies.— Smart.

Rose, Austrian. Thou art all that is lovely.

See how, with all their arts and wiles,

The Loves and Graces arm her.— W. Crawfurd.

Rose, Bridal . Happy love.

Oh what’s a table, richly spread.

Without a woman at its head ?— Warton.

Rose, Burgundy. Unconscious beauty.

Though with sighs and folded arms,

I muse with silence on her charms.— y. H. Moore.

Rose, Cabbage . Ambassador of love.

Where the veiled virgin sits.

In the bliss of maiden fear.— Milman.

Rose, Campion. Only deserve my love.

Our love is principle, and has its root
In Reason, is judicious, manly, free.— Cowper.

Rose, Carolina . Love is dangerous.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.— Churchill.

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Rose, China. Beauty always new.

The sprightly wit, the lively eye,

Th' engaging smile, the gaiety.— Pope.

Rose, Christmas. Tranqiiillise my anxiety.

So when away my caring went.

I counted cost, and was content.

Rose, Daily . Thy smile I aspire to.

An excellent thing it is ! and ever lent
To truth, and love, and meekness.— E. Arnold.

Rose, Damask . Brilliant complexion.

Rose, Deep Red. Bashful shafne.

But, for her part, the truest taste

She found, was in retirement placed.— Whitehead.

Rose, Dog . Pleasure and pain.

Her from whose pain I never wished relief.

And for whose pleasure I could smile at grief.— A. Hill.

Rose, Guelder . Winter. Age.

Time still, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,

And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

E. Moore.

Rose, Hundred-leaved . Pride.

And the devil did grin, for his darling sin.

Is pride that apes humility.— Coleridge.

Rose, Japan ... Beauty is your only attraction.

Whence comes my love ? Oh, heart, disclose ;

It was from cheeks that shamed the rose ;

Whence comes my woe ? As freely own.

Ah me ! ’twas from a heart like stone.— Harrington.

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98 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Rose, Maiden Blush

f If youloveme^you
I will find it out.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?— Marlow,

Rose, Multiflora . Grace.

Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep.

Shot forth peculiar graces.— Milton.

Rose, Mundi. Variety.

Variety alone gives joy.

The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.— Prior.

Rose, Musk . Capricious beauty.

They cried : “Labelle dame sans merci
Hath thee in thrall .”—Keats

Rose Musk, Cluster. Charming.

And neixt my heart I’ll wear her.

For fear my jewel tire.— Burns.

Rose, Single . Simplicity.

Humble Quiet builds her cell

Near the course where Pleasure flows.— Gray,

Rose, Thornless . Early attachment.

Rose, Unique . Call me not beautiful.

Rose, White. lam worthy of you.

Rose, White (withered) ... Transient impressions.

Sighing and moaning, on ilka green learning.

The flowers of the forest are all wede away.— J. Elliot.

Rose, Yellow. Decrease of love. Jealousy.

Or pining Love shall waste their youth.

And Jealousy with rankling tooth.—Gray.

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Rose, York and Lancaster. War.

In war and love none should be twice deceived.— Dryden,

Rose, Full-blown, placed over two buds... Secrecy.

How hard it is for women to keep counsel.— Shakespeare.

Rose, White and Red together . Unity.

One happiness for which we strive,

One heaven for me and thee.— Geibel.

Roses, Crown of . Reward of virtue.

I prosper, circled with thy voice.

I shall not lose thee, though I die.— Tennyson.

Rosebud, Red. Pure and lovely.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty ! That is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.— Keats.

Rosebud, White. Girlhood.

Soul not yet from heaven beguiled.

Soul not yet by earth defiled.— W. C. Bennett.

Rosebud, Moss . Confession of love.

Cold is the senseless heart that never strove.

With the wild tumult of a real flame.— Bampfylde.

Rosebay (Rhododendron) ... Beware. Danger.

For should I burn or break my brains.

Pray, who will pay me for my pains?— Byron.

Rosemary . Remembrance.

Make me to say, when all my griefs are gone.

Happy the heart that sighed for such a one.— S. Daniel.
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THR LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Rudbeckia . Justice.

Plate sins with gold,

And the strong lance of Justice hurtlessbreaks.—

Shakespeare.

Rii0»»« ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• JDisdutTt.

Britain's true sons a bribe can scorn,

And die as free as they were born.— Chatterion.

Rush . Docility.

It spreads itself in holy deeds,

With sorrow sighs, in pity bleeds.— Barbauld.

Rye Grass . Changeable disposition.

Change is the diet on which all subsist,

Created changeable.—

Saffron ... Beware of excess.
When workmen strive to do better than
well,

They do confound their skill in covetous¬
ness. — Shakespeare,

Saffron Crocus. Mirth.

Sport, sweet maid, in season of these years.

And learn to gather flowers before they wither. —S. Daniel.

Saffron, Meadow ... Aly happiest days are fast.

Some blast had struck the cheerful scene.

The lawns, the woods, were not so green.— Whilehead.

Sage . Domestic virtue.

So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep.

Calm thou may’st smile, while all around thee weep.—

Sir W. Jones.

102 THE LANGUAGE OF- FLOWERS.

Sage, Garden. Esteem.

Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend,

And round his dwelling guardian saints attend.— Goldsmith.

Sainfoin. Agitation.

Say why, my friend, thy honest soul
Runs over at thine eye ?— Chatterton.

Saint John’s Wort ... Animosity. Superstition.

No shades of superstition blot the day.

Liberty chases all that gloom away.— Cowper.

Sardony . Irony.

The king himself has followed her
When she has walked before.— Goldsmith.

Saxifrage, Mossy . Ajfection.

Like a voice from those that love us.— Bayley.

Scabious . Unfortunate love.

All June I bound the rose in sheaves.

Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.— R. Browning.

Scabious, Sweet . Widowhood.

Beyond the waking and the sleeping.

Beyond the sowing and the reaping,

I shall be soon.— H. Bonar.

Scarlet Lychnis. Sunheaming eyes.

Schinus . Religious enthusiasm.

With thy heavenly presence blest.

Death is life, and labour rest.— Doddridge.

Scotch Fir . Elevation.

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen.

Duty, faith, love, are roots, and evergreen.— Peele.

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Sensitive Plant ... Sensibility. Delicate feelings.

Beauty and truth—a violet in the shade.— Tennyson.

Senvy. Indifference.

I hold my tongue to tell the truth,

And keep my breath to cool my broth.— J. Byrom.

Shamrock. Lightheartedness.

A merry heart goes all the way,

Your sad tires in a mile-a.— Shakespeare.

Snakesfoot . Horror.

And shrieking Horror's funeral cry.— Gray.

Snapdragon . Presumptmi.

Make thy stubborn knowledge bow.— Prior.

Snowball. Bound-

They also serve who only stand and wait.— Milton.

Snowdrop . Hope-

Content thee for awhile.— Pa 7 'nell.

Sorrel . Affection.

Sorrel, Wild. Wit ill-tinicd.

That you, as sure, may pick and choose.

As, “ Cross, I win,” and “ Pile, you lose.”— Butler.

Sorrel, Wood .

Safe, safe at home, no more to roam.

Blow, tempests, blow, my love has come. —C. Mackay.

Southernwood. Bantering.

Let it swiftly mount in air. —Parnell.

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Spanish Jasmine— . Sensuality.

AU that wealth and grandeur proffer,

Soon, alas, must meet decay.— J. Greet.

Spearmint. Warmth of sentiment.

Let us, then, welcome the new guest.— Cotton.

Speedwell . Female fidelity.

Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood.

Regard of honour, and mild modesty.— Spenser.

Speedwell, Germander. Facility.

It is as easy as lying.— Shakespeare.

Speedwell, Spiked . Semblance.

Rich, ill poets are without excuse.— Roscommon.

Spider Ophrys . Adroitness.

With monkeys’ ingenuity.— Dutler,

Spiderwort. Esteem not love.

Spiked Willow Herb. Pretension.

And, after time, a finikin lass

Did shine like the glistering gold.— Old Ballad.

Spindle Tree Your charms are engraven on my heart.

If these delights thy mind may move.

Then live with me and be my love.— C. Mai'lowe.

Star of Bethlehem. Purity.

White mantled Innocence, ethereal sprite.

Shall chase far off the goblins of the night.— Smollett.

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Starwort. ••• Afterthought.

My heavy heart vi'ith sorrow bleeds,

To think that I must part with you.— Breton.

Starwort, American. Cheerfulness in old age.

In the days of my youth I remembered my God,

And He hath not forgotten my age.—Southey.

Stock . Zasting beauty.

On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending.
And beauty immortal awakes from the \.Qva!Q.—Beattie.

Stock, Ten Week . Promptness.

O come away, make no delay. — Vaughan.

Stonecrop . Tranquillity.

Though great the danger, and the task severe.

Yet bow not to the tyranny of ieax.—Falconer.

Straw, Broken. Rupture of a contract.

Seek other mistress for your minds.

Love's service is in vain.— R. Southwell.

Straw, Whole . Union.

A new life gives to other ioys.—Lord Bristol.

Strawberry Tree. Psteem and love.

One kind wish before we part.

Drop a tear, and bid adieu.—i?. Dodsley.

Sumach, Venice Splendour. Intellectual excellence.

Dame Nature, doubtless, has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.—y. Byrom.

Sunflower, Dwarf . Adoration.

I dare not name the nymph that works my smart.

Though Love hath graven her name within my heart.—

T. Watson.

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Sunflower, Tall. Haughtiness.

He that high growth on cedars did bestow,

Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow.— R. Southwell.

Swallow-wort. Cure for heartache.

Time shall administer its wonted balm,

And hush this storm of grief to no unpleasing calm.—

C. Shaw.

Sweet Basil . Good wishes.

Farewell, good fortune go with thee.— Shakespeare.

Sweetbrier, American. Simplicity.

O fair eyes, yet let me see
One good look, and I am gone.

Sweetbrier, European . I wound to heal.

The lopped tree in time may grow again.

Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower.—

R. Southwell.

Sweetbrier, Yellow . Decrease of love.

The scene’s the same, the same the weather—

We live, my dear, too much together.— Whitehead.

Sweet Pea . Delicate pleasures.

Not all that tempts your wand’ring eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize.

Not all that glitters, gold.— Gray.

.Sweet Sultan. Felicity.

So joyful my heart is, so easy ray chain.

That freedom is tastelsss, and roving a pain.— E. Moore.

Sweet William . Gallantry.

Love Virtue, she alone is free.

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Sycamore . Curiosity.

Why so pale and wan, fond lover ?— Suckling.

Syringa. Afanory.

Memory, thou fond deceiver.

Still importunate and vain.— Goldsmith.

Syringa, Carolina . Disappointment.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.— Shakespeare.

Tansy, Wild

My voice is still for war.— Addison.

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Tamarisk . Crime.

Tremble, thou wretch !

That hast within thee undivulged
crimes. — Shakespeare.

I declare war
against yon.

Teasel . Misanthropy.

Turn misanthropes, and hate mankind.— Shakespeare.

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Tendrils of Climbing Plants ... .'. Ties

And Fancy gives me back my wife ;

And Fancy gives me back my child.—Kirke White.

Thistle, Common . Austerity.

And would not ope their lips by way of smile.

Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.— Shakespeare.

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Thistle, Fuller’s . Misanthropy.

Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere,

And we too shrewd to trust them.— Cowper.

Thistle, Scotch. Retaliation.

And black eyes oft will lead to rings,

And rings will lead to black eyes.— Praed.

Thorn Apple . Deceitful charms.

Other smiles may make you fickle.

Tears for other charms may trickle.— Camplzll.

Thorn, Branch of. Severity.

And justice to herself severe.— Gray.

Thrift. Sympathy.

This truth of old was sorrow’s friend ;

Times at the worst will surely mend.— Chatterton.

Throatwort. Neglected beauty.

Full many a gem of purest ray serene.

The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.— Gray.

Thyme . Activity.

A kindly housewife keen and sage.

And busy as her very bees.— W. C. Bennett.

Tiger Flower ... For once may Pride befriend me.

Pride in a life that Slander’s tongue defied.

In fact, a noble passion, misnamed Pride.— Crabbe.

Travellers’ Joy. Safety.

Snatched sudden from the avenging rod.

Safe in the bosom of my God.— Keble.

110 THE LANGUAGE OF FLO WERS.

Tree of Life. Old Age.

Thus may I calmly meet my end,

Thus to the grave in peace descend.— Blackstone.

Trefoil . Revenge.

Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.— Milton.

Tremella Nestoc . Resistance.

Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn.—

Campbell.

Trillium Pictum. Modest beauty.

Oh ! could you view the melody of every grace,

And music of her face.

You’d drop a tear.— Lovelace.

P'rufUe ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Stty^mse.

Round large eyes,

Ever great with new surprise.— W. C. Bennett.

Trumpet Flower . Fame.

What avails it to record a name.

That courts no rank among the sons of fame?— Falconer.

Tuberose . Dangerous pleasures.

Let them not suck

The sweet that is their poison.— Shakespeare.

T^ulip ••• ••• ••• ••• ... ... ••• ,,, Fame.

Fame is swiftest still when she goes laden
With news of mischief.— May.

But hark! the trump ! to-morrow thou
In glory's fires shalt dry thy tears.— Campbell.

Tulip, Red . Declaration of love.

Oh, happy, happy now to die.

And go before thee to the sky.— Mackay.

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Tulip, Variegated. Bemitiful eyes.

Her eye in silence hath a speech,

Which eye best understands.— South-well.

Tulip, Yellow. Hopeless love.

She was the rainbow to thy sight!

Thy sun—thy heaven of lost delight!

d'urnip ••• ».. ••• .*• ... ••• CJzctt ity.

Say to thy heart, rememb’ring Him who said ;

"These people come from far, and want for bread.”—

Langhorne.

Tussilage, Sweet-scented, yustice shall be done you.

I go to life, and not to death,

'Trust thou in God above.— Chatterton.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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• • •

••• ••• ••• •••

... Humility.

Humbled beneath His mighty hand

Prostrate His providence adore.— J. Montgomery.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Valerian . An accommodating disposition.

To feign joy and hide distress.— M. Green.

Valerian, Greek . Rtipture.

I ken na why ane with anither should fight.— Nicoll.

Venice ^VLmdi.ch....Intellectual excellence. Splendour.

And the gentlemen were noble souls.— Leland.

Venus’ Car . Fly with me.

If I may but join thee singing in the rain.— Akers.

Venus’ Looking-glass . Flattery.

Be nothing which thou art not.— Ed. Poe.

Venus’ Trap . Deceit.

Like the hopes I built in youth.— Moore.

Vernal Grass . Poor., hut happy.

This creature dared to love.— Par?tell.

Veronica. Fidelity.

My word, my work, my heart, my hand ;

Still on a side together stand.— J. Eyrom.

Vervain. Encha7itment.

Immortal as her song.— Halleck.

Vine. Intoxication.

Who is this lady fine ? The vine, boys, the vine.—

Barry Cornwall.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Violet, Blue . Faithfulness.

My vows shall ever true remain.— Gay,

Violet, Dame . Watchfulness.

Believe the oracles I tell.— Wolcot.

Violet, Sweet. Modesty.

Deject thyself that thou may’st rise.— Prior.

Violet, Yellow. Rural hafpiiiess.

Make poisies in the sun.— C. Lamb.

Virginian Spiderwort ... Adomentary happiness.

Prospects thus, viewed with her, inspifed before.

Now seen without her, can delight no more.— A. Hill.

Virgin’s Bower. Filial love.

A smile of God thou art.— H. W. Longfelloiv.

Volkamenia. Afay you he happy.

This ignorance is bliss extreme.— B. Taylor.

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Walnut . Intellect. Stratagem.

And in thy worde use constancie,

To make thy bonds advisedly.— Ladder to Thrift.

Wall-flower. Fidelity in adversity.

The worldling prospers, laying up,

The Christian, laying out.— Hart.

Water Lily. Purity of heart.

Water Melon . Bulkiness.

Wax Plant . Susceptibility.

I sought to weep for imaged woes.

Nor real life believed a tragic tale.— J. Logan.

Wheat Stalk . FicJies.

Every man will be thy friend.

Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend.— R. Barnfield.

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There is no hope of all our toil;

There is no fruit from such a soil.— Harrington.

Anger.

White Jas mine. A miahleness.

• A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet.— Wordsworth.

White Lily. Purity and modesty, j

What though on her cheek the rose loses its hue, ]

Her wit and good humour bloom all the year through.— i

E. Moore.

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ii6 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

White Mullein . Goodnature.

I ne’er for satire torture common sense,

Nor show my wit at God’s or man’s expense.— Blacklock.

White Oak . Indediendence.

For shining wealth or scaring woe,

I force no friend, I fear no foe.— J. Byrom.

White Pink . Talent.

A fellow of infinite wit. — Shakespeare.

White Poplar . Tt^ne.

O Time! forego thy wonted spite.

And lay thy future lashes light.— Sage.

Death preferable to
loss of innocence.

Twine it of poppies so dark and red.

And cypress, the garland that honours the dead.—

H. Neele.

Whortleberry . Treason.

Wears Friendship’s mask for purposes of spite.

Fawns in the day, and butchers in the night. — Churchill.

Willow, Creeping . Love forsaken.

Oh, trifling head and fickle heart!

Chagrined at whatsoe’er thou art!— Warton.

Willow, Water .. ... Freedom.

We love

The king who loves the law, respects his bounds,

And reigns within them.— Cowper.

Willow, Weeping . Mourning.

Thy tears are all fruitless, thy wishes are vain.

The moments neglected, return not again.—

Sir G. Elliott.

White Rose (dried)

THE LANG [/AGE OF FLOWERS.

Willow-Herb . Pretension.

The cit hunts a plum, while the soldier hunts fame,

The poet a dinner, the patriot a name.— G. Whitehead.

Willow, French . Bravery and humanity.

’Tis a glorious lion, in battle so let it.

But, duty appeased, 'tis the heart of a lamb.—C. Dibdin.

Winter Cherry . Deception.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.

And all are slaves beside. — Cowper.

Witch Hazel . A spell.

Thou hast with thy soft murmur
Murmured my senses away. — Muller.

Woodbine . ... Fratertial love.

If thou sorrow, he will weep ;

If thou wake, he cannot sleep.— R. Barnfield.

Wood Sorrel . Maternal tenderness.

With blessings beyond hope or thought.

With blessings which no words can find. — Tennyson.

Wormwood . Absence.

What shall I do with all the days and hours.

That must be counted e’er I see thy face ? — Mrs. Butler.

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Xanthium . Rudeness. Pertmacit)\

To bate revengement hastily

For losing love and amitie .—Ladder to Thrift.

Xerantliemum ... Cheerfulness under adversily.

A merry heart goes all the way

Your sad tires in a mile-a.— Shakespeare,

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■^cw.. .. oorrow.

Sorrow never comes too late.— Gray.

Zephyr Flower...

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Expectation.

To have thy asking, yet wait many years ;

To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares.— Spenser.

Zinnia . Thoughts of absent friends.

I will wear him

In my heart’s core, aye, in my heart of hearts,

As I do thee.— Shakespeare.

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Absence . (Wormwood)

Abuse not . (Crocus)

Acknowledgment j

Activity . (Thvme)

Admiration . (Amethyst)

Adoration.(Dwarf Sunflower)

Adroitness . (Spider Ophrys>

Adulation . (Cacalia)

Advice. (Rhubarb)

Affection . (Mossy Saxifrage)

Affection. (Pear)

Affection . (Sorrel)

Affection beyond I (Green Locust)
the grave ) ^

Affection, maternal... (Cinquefoil)
Affectation(Cockscomb Amaranth)

Affectation . (Morning Glory)

Afterthought (Michaelmas Daisy)

Afterthought . (Starwprt)

Afterthought. (China Aster)

Agreement. (Straw)

Age . (Guelder Rose)

Agitation. (Moving Plant)

Agitation . (Sainfoin)

Always cheerful . (Coreopsis)

Always lovely (Indian Pink dbl.)
Ambassador of love (Cabbage Rose)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Amiability . (Jasmine)

Anger... (Whin)

Animosity. (St. John’s Wort)

Anticipation . (Gooseberry)

^"rembhnl’^ }- (Red Columbine)
Ardour ... (Cuckoo Plant, Arum)
Argument. (Fig)

Arts or artifice. (Acanthus)

Assiduous to please |

Assignation . (Pimpernel)

Attachment. (Indianjasmine)

Audacity. (Larch)

Avarice. (Scarlet Aricula)

Aversion (China or Indian Pink)

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Bantering .(Southernwood)

Baseness.(Dodder of Thyme)

Bashfulness. (Peony)

Bashful shame (Deep Red Rose)
Beautiful eyes (Variegated Tulip)
Beauty... (Party-coloured Daisy)
Beauty always new (China Rose)
Beauty,capricious(Lady’s Slipper)
Beauty, capricious...(Musk Rose)
Beauty ,delicate(FlowerofanHour)

Beauty, delicate.(Hibiscus)

Beauty, divine(American Cowslip)
Beauty, glorious (Glory Flower)
Beauty, lasting. (Stock)

nificenT^^' j" iEthioplca)

Beauty, Mental. (Clematis)

Beauty, modest (Trillium pictum)
Beauty, neglected... (Throatwort)
Beauty, pensive. (Laburnum)

Beauty, rustic ...{ Hon7y"suAle)
Beauty, unconscious |

Beauty is your only ) y
attraction j w r

Belle. (Orchis)

Be mine.(Four-leaved Clover)

Beneficence.(Marsh mallow)

Benevolence . (Potato)

Betrayed .(White Catchfly)

Beware.(Oleander)

Beware.(Rosebay)

Blackness. (Ebony Tree)

Bluntness . (Borage)

Blushes. (Marjoram)

Boaster.(Hydrangea)

Boldness. (Pink)

Bonds. (Convolvulus)

Bonds of affection ... (Gillyflower)
Bravery. (Oak Leaves)

Bravery and Humanity | ^wfllow)

Bridal favour.(Ivy Geranium)

Brilliant complexion |

Bulk. (Water Melon)

Bulk . (Gourd)

Busybody.(Quamoclit)

me, I (Perslmon)

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Calm repose .(Buckbean)

Calumny.(Hellebore)

Calumny . (Madder)

Change.(Pimpernel)

Changeable disposition | Qr^g)

Charity.(Turnip)

Charming (Cluster of Musk Roses)
Charms, deceitful...(Thorn Apple)
Cheerfulness in ) ( (American

old age f'"i. Starwort)

Cheerfulness un-j __ |
der adversity | | themum)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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, ((Monkshood, Helmet

Chivalry | Flowerl

Cleanliness.( (Hyssop

Coldheartedness . (Lettuce)

Coldness.(Agnus Castus)

_ , , ( (Coral Honey-

Colour of my life I suckle)

Come down.(Jacob’s Ladder)

Comfort .(Pear Tree)

Comforting ... (Scarlet Geranium)

Compassion.(Allspice)

Concealed love. (Motherwort)

Concert . (Nettle Tree)

Concord.(Lote Tree)

Confession of) Rosebud)

love )

Danger (Rhododendron. Rosebay)
Dangerous pleasures ...(Tuberose)

Death.(Cypress)

Death preferable ) J (WhiteRose
toloss of innocence J ( dried)

Deceit.(Apocynum)

Deceit.(Flytrap)

Deceit.(Dogsbane)

Deceitful charms...(Apple, Thom)
Deception ... (White Cherry Tree)
Declaration of Love...(Red Tulip)
Decrease of love ... (Yellow Rose)

F)elay . (Eupatorium)

Delicacy...(Bluebottle. Centaury)

Dejection.(Lichen)

Desire to please.(Mezereon)

Despair .(Cypress)

Despondency.(Humble Plant)

Confidence .(Hepatica)

Confidence.(Lilac Polyanthus)

Confidence.(Liverwort)

Confidence in heaven |

. , , ((Lime, or Linden

Conjugal love |

Consolation.(Red Poppy)

Constancy._• (Bluebell)

Consumed by love (SyrianMallow)

Counterfeit.(Mock Orange)

Courage.(Black Poplar)

Crime. (Tamarisk)

Cure .(Balm of Gilead)

Cure for heartache (Swallow-wort)
Curiosity.(Sycamore)

Devotion... (Peruvian Heliotrope)

Difficulty.(Blackthorn)

Dignity. (Cloves)

Dignity (Laurel-leaved Magnolia)
Disappointment(Syringa, Carolina)

Disdain.(Yellow Carnation)

Disdain.(Rne)

Disgust.(Frog Oph^s)

Dissension.(Pride of China)

Distinction.(Cardinal Flower)

Distrust . (Lavendp)

Divine beauty (American Cowslip)

Docility . (Rush)

Domestic industry.(Flax)

Domestic virtue.(Sage)

Durability .(Dogwood)

Duration.(Cornel Tree)

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Early attachment (ThornlessRose)
Early friendship (BluePeriwlnkle)

Early youth.(Primrose)

Klegance.(Locust Tree)

Elegance & grace(Yellow Jasmine)

Elevation.(Scotch Fir)

Eloquence (Lagerstrmmia, Indian)
Enchantment.(Holly Herb)

Enchantment...(N^'ervain)

Energv in adversity... (Camomile)

Envy.(Bramble)

Error . (Bee Ophrys)

Error.(Fly Orchis)

Esteem. (Garden Sage)

Esteem not love. (Splderwort)

Esteem & love (Strawberry Tree)

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Estranged love ... (Lotus Flower)
Excellence ... (Camellia Japonica)

Expectation.(Anemone)

Expectation.(Zephyr Flower)

Expected meeting -f (Nutmeg;)

I treraniums)

. (Gourd)

Extinguished hopes |

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Facility... (Germander Speedwell)

. (Pyrus Japonica)

haithfu ness . (Blue Violet)

h aithfulness.(Heliotrope)

falsehood .(Bugloss)

Falsehood.(Yellow Lily)

falsehood ...... (Manchineal Tree)

fame ... (Tulip. Trumpet Flower)
r amo speaks him ) ( (Apple

great and good j Blossom)
Fantastic extravagance^carlet

Farewell.(MichaelmL Dms^y)

Fascination. (Fern)

Fascination ..'(Honesty)

(fashion . (Queen’s Rocket)

Fecundity.(Hollyhock)

felicity . (Sweet Sultan)

f cmale fidelity.(Speedwell)

Festivity.(Parsley)

f ick eness.(Abatina)

Fickleness.(Pink Larkspur)

f ihal love.(Virgin’s bower)

fidelity .(Veronica. Ivy)

^!dehty .(Plum Tree)

iMdclity m adversity (Wall-flower)
h idelity in love (Lemon Blossoms)
^“■e.(Fleur-de-Luce)

Fa.-ety.(Butterfly Orchis)

Gaiety.(Yellow Lily

Gallantry......(Sweet William'

Generosity. (Orange Tree

Generous & de- ) ( (French
voted affection j ( Honeysuckle)

Genius . (Plane Tree)

Gentility.(Corn Cockle)

Girlhood .(White Rosebud)

Gladness . (Myrrh)

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First emotionsof love (PurpleLilac)
F ame .... (Fleur-de-lis. Iris)

f lattery...(Venus’s Looking-glass)

F ee away.(Pennyroyal)

Fly with me.(Venus’s Car’

.VA.’"V.(Columbine

foppery...(Cockscomb Amaranth
foolishness .(Pomegranate

.(Holly'

forgetfulness.(Moonwort)

forget me not... (Forget Me Not)
f or once may pride ) ( (Tisrer

befriend Le f-tMoweA

Forsaken . (Garden .4nemone)

forsaken . (Laburnum)

f rankness . (Osier'

Fraternal Love..''(HVoodbine

Freedom.(Water Willow

f reshne.ss.(Damask Rose'

f nendship.(Acacia)

Friendship, Early(BluePeri winkle)

Friendship, true •( (Gak-leaved
( Geranium)

Friendship, unchanging j

Frivolity.(London Pride)

Fi-ugahty .(Chicory. Endive)

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Glorj’.(Bay Tree)

G 0'7--V.(Laurel)

Glorious beauty... (Glor^^' P'Jower)

Goodness.(Bonus Henricus)

Goodness.(Alercury)

Good Education ... (Cherry Tree)

Good wishes .(Sweet Basil)

Goodnature .(White Mullein)

G°®®'P .(Cobcea)

Grace.(Multiflora Rose)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Grace & elegance (Yellowjasmine)

Grandeur .(Ash Tree^

Gratitude(SmallWhite Bell-flower;

Grief.(Harebell)

Grief... (Marigold)

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Happy love . (Bridal RoseJ

Hatred.(Basil)

Haughtiness ... (Purple Larkspur)

Haughtiness.(Tall Sunflower)

Health.(Iceland Moss)

Hermitage .(Milkwort)

Hidden worth.(Coriander)

Honesty.(Honesty)

Hope .(Flowering Almond)

Hope. (Hawthorn)

Hope.(Snowdrop)

I am too happy ... (Cape Jasmine)
I am your captive (Peach Blossom'
I am worthy of you (White Rose
I change but in death (Bay Leal
I declare against you (Belvedere
I declare against you (Liquorice
I declare war against) J (Wild
you j ■■■ ( Tansy)

I die if neglected ... (Laurestina)

"ofs.x':''"} ,

I feel my obligations.(Lint

I feel your kindness .(Flax

I have lost all...(Mourning Bride'

I live for thee.(Cedar Leaf]

I love.(Red Chrysanthemum

Ipartakeof your ) J (DoubleChina
sentiments f ( Aster)

I partakeof your ) J (Garden
sentiments ( ■" ( Daisy)

I shall die to-morrow (GumCistus)
I shall not sur-) J (Black Mul-
vive you ) ( berry)

I surmount difficulties (Mistletoe)

(Single China Aster)

I will think of it.(Wild Daisy)

I wound to ) J (Eglantine, Sweet-
heal J ( brier)

Hope in adversity... (Spruce Pine)

Hopeless love .(Yellow Tulip)

Hopeless, not 1 J (Love Lies
heartless )"■( Bleeding)

Horror.(Mandrake)

Horror. (Dragonswort)

Horror .(Snakesfoot)

Hospitality.(Oak Tree)

Humility . (Broom)

Humility .(Bindweed, Small)

Humility.(Field Lilac)

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If you love me,) (Malden
you will find }•...■ Blush
it out ) Rose)

Idleness ... (Mesembryanthemum)

Ill-natured beauty .(Citron)

Imagination. (Lupine)

Immortality.Amaranth (Globe)

Impatience.(Yellow Balsam)

Impatient of absence (Corchorus)
Impatient resolves...(Red Balsam)

Imperfection.(Henbane)

Importunity.(Burdock)

Inconstancy...(Evening Primrose)
Incorruptible (Cedar of Lebanon)
Independence...(Wild Plum Tree)
Independence.(White Oak)

Indifference {

Indifference.(Mustard Seed)

Indifference. (Pigeon Berry)

Indifference. (Senvy)

Indiscretion.(Split Reed)

Industry.(Red Clover)

Industry, Domestic.(Flax)

Ingeniousness.(White Pink)

Ingenuity ...(Pencilled Geranium)
Ingenuous Sim-) J (Mouse-eared
plicity J ( Chickweed)
Ingratitude. (Crowfoot

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Innocence.(Daisyl

Insincerity .(Foxglove)

Insinuation.(Great Bindweed)

I nspiration.(Angelica)

Instability.(Dahlia)

Intellect .(Walnut)

Intoxication.(Vine)

Irony.(Sardony)

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Jealousy.(French Marigold)

Jealousy.(Yellow Rose)

Jest.(Southernwood)

Joy.(Wood Sorrel)

Joys to come...(Lesser Celandine)

Justice. (Rudbeclcia)

Justice shall be done) f (Colts-
to you i"'l foot)

Justice shall be ) f (Sweet-scented
done to you / 1 Tussilage)

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Knight-errantry (Helmet Flower, Monkshood)

Lamentation.(Aspen Tree)

Lasting beauty.(Stock)

Lastingpleasures (EverlastingPea)

Let me go.(Butterfly Weed)

Levity. (Larkspur)

Liberty.(Live Oak)

Life.(Lucern)

Lightheartedness.(Shamrock)

Lightness.(Larkspur)

Live for me .(Arbor vitx)

Love.(Myrtle)

Love.(Rose)

Love, Forsaken (CreepingWillow)

Love, Returned .(Ambrosia)

Love is dangerous (Carolina Rose)
T . j (Aconite-leavedCrowfoot,
Fair Maid of France)
Luxury.(Chestnut Tree)

Magnificent beauty |

Majesty.(Crown Imperial)

Malevolence . (Lobelia)

Marriage.(Ivy)

Maternal affection ... (Cinquefoil)

Maternal love.(Moss)

Maternal tenderness (WoodSorrel)

Matrimony.(American Linden)

May you be happy...(Volkamenia)

Meanness.(Cuscuta)

Meekness.(Birch)

Melancholy. (Dark Geranium)

Melancholy.(Dead Leaves)

Mental beauty.(Clematis)

Mental beauty.(Kennedia)

Message.(Iris)

Mildness.(Mallow)

Mirth .(Saffron Crocus)

Misanthropy (Aconite.Wolfsbane)

Misanthropy.(Fuller’s Teasel)

Modest beauty (Trillium pictum)
Modest genius (Creeping Cereus)

Modesty.(Violet)

Modesty and purity...(White Lily)
Momentary hap- ) J (Virginian
piness ) ( Spiderwort)

Mourning.(Weeping Willow)

ATncfr i (Bundles of Reed with)
iMusic panicles)

My best days ) J (Colchicum, or
are past f ( MeadowSaffron)
My regrets follow you ) J (As-
to the grave) J ( phodel)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Neatness.(Broom) | Never-ceasing re-) ((Everlast-

Neglected beauty ... (Throatwort) | membrance /l ing)

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Old age. (Tree of Life) | Onlydeservemylove(CampionRose)

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Painful recollections (Flos Adonis)

Painting..(Auricula)

Painting the lily...(Daphne Odora)

Passion . (White Dittany)

Paternal error .(Cardamine)

Patience.(Dock. Ox Eye)

Patriotism.(American Elm)

Patriotism.(Nasturtium)

Peace.(Olive)

Perfected love- ) ( (Camelliajapo-
liness j 1 nica, white)
Perfidy (Common Laurel,in flower)

Pensive beauty.(Laburnum)

Perplexity.(Love in a Mist)

Persecution (Chequered Fritillary)
Perseverance...(Swamp Magnolia)

Persuasion.(Althea frutex)

Persuasion.(Syrian Mallow)

Pertinacity.(Clotbur)

Pity.(Pine)

Pleasure and pain.(Dog Rose)

Pleasure, lasting (Everlasting Pea)
Pleasures of me-) f (White
mory j ( Periwinkle)

Popularfavour(ClstusorRockRose)

Poverty.(Evergreen Clematis)

Power.(Imperial Montague)

Power .(Cress)

Precaution. (Golden Rod)

Prediction... (Prophetic Marigold)
Pretension (Spiked Willow Herb)

Pride.(Amaryllis)

Pride.(Hundred-leaved Rose)

Privation.(Indian Plum)

Privation . (Myrobalan)

Profit .(Cabbage)

Prohibition.(Privet)

Prolific . (Fig Tree)

Promptness.(Ten-week Stock)

Prosperity.(Beech Tree)

Protection.(Bearded Crepis)

Prudence.(Mountain Ash)

Pure love.(Single Red Pink)

Pure and ardent) J (Double Red
love ) ( Pink)

Pure and lovely ... (Red Rosebud)
Purity.(Star of Bethlehem)

Quarrel.(Broken Corn-straw)

Reason .(Goat’s Rue)

Recantation.(Lotus Leaf)

Recall... (Silver-leaved Geranium)
Reconciliation.(Filbert)

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I Quicksightedness.(Hawkweed)

Reconciliation .(Hazel)

Refusal.(Striped Carnation)

Regard.(Daffodil)

Relief.(Balm of Gilead)

126 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Relieve my anxiety

Religious superstition.(Abe)

Religious superstition

Religious enthusiasm ... (Schinus)

Remembrance.(Rosemary)

Remorse. (Bramble)

Remorse...(Raspberry)

Rendezvous.(Chickweed)

Reserve.(Maple)

Resistance.(Tremella Nestoc)

Restoration.(Persicaria)

Retaliation.(Scotch Thistle)

Return of happiness ■[

Revenge.(Birdsfoot Trefoil)

Reverie.(Flowering Fern)

Reward of merit.(Bay Wreath)

Rewardofvirtue (Garland of Roses)

Riches . (Corn)

Rigour.(Lantana)

Rivalry.(Rocket)

Rudeness.(Clotbur)

Rudeness.(Xanthium)

Rural happiness ... (Yellow Violet)
Rusticbeauty( FrenchHoneysuckle
Rustic oracle.(Dandelion)

Sadness.(Dead Leaves)

Safety.(Traveller’s Joy)

Satire.(Prickly Pear)

Sculpture.(Hoya)

Secret Love.(Yellow Acacia)

Semblance.(Spiked Speedwell)

Sensitiveness.(Mimosa)

Sensuality .(Spanish Jasmine)

Separation.(Carolina Jasmine)

Severity.(Branch of Thorns)

Shame.(Peony)

Sharpness.(Barberry Tree)

Sickness( Anemone,Zephyr Flower)

Silliness. (Fool’s Parsley)

Simplicity (American Sweetbrier)
Sincerity. (Garden Chervil)

Slishlad lev. {(''="»

Snare ... (Catchfly. Dragon Plant)

Solitude.(Heath)

Sorrow. (Yew)

Sourness of temper ... (Barberrry)

Spell. (Circtea)

Spleen .(Fumitory)

Splendid beauty.(Amaryllis)

Splendour. (Austurtium)

Sporting.(Fox-tail Grass)

Steadfast piety...(Wild Geranium)

Stoicism.(Box Tree)

Strength. (Cedar. Fennel)

Submission.(Grass)

Submission.(Harebell)

Success crown) ,

your wishes ) .(Coronella)

Succour _..(Juniper)

Sunbeaming eyes (ScarletLychnis)

Surprise.(Truffle)

Susceptibility. (Wax Plant)

Suspicion . (Champignon)

Sympathy.(Balm)

Sympathy.(Thrift)

Talent. (White Pink)

Tardiness! Flax-leavedGoldy-locks)

Taste.(Scarlet Fuchsia)

Tears.(Helenium)

Temperance.(Azalea)

Temptation.(Apple)

Thankfulness.(Agrimony)

The colour of ) J Coral Honey-
my fate J ■" ( suckle

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The perfection of fe- > ,

male loveliness J
The witching soul of music (Oats)

Thoughts. (Pansy)

■Thoughts of absent friends (Zinnia )
Thy frown will kill me...(Currant)
Thy smile I aspire to (Daily Rose)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Ties (Tendrils of Climbing Plants)

Timidity.(Amaryllis)

Timidity .(Marvel of Peru)

Time..(White Poplar)

Tranquillity.(Mudwort)

Tranquillity.(Stonecrop)

Tranquillise my ) f (Christmas
anxiety )■■■( Rose)

Transientheauty -f (Nightblooming
^ t Cereus)

Transient ira-) f (Withered
pressions ) "• ( White Rose)
Transport of joy...(Cape Jasmine)

Treachery.(Bilberrjj

True love.(Forget me not)

True Friendship j (Oak-leaved
( Geranium)

Truth ... (Bittersweet Nightshade)
Truth ... (White Chrysanthemum)

Unanimity.(Phlox)

Unbelief.(Judas Tree)

Uncea.sing re- ) J American )
membrance )■■■( Cudweed)
Unchan^ngfriendship( Arbor vitse)

^"beruty }■ (Burgundy Rose)

Unexpected ) /t . v

meeting / (Lemon Geranium)

Ytlfchmenf } (Mourning Bride)

Unfortunate love.(Scabious)

Union.(Whole Straw)

Unity! WhiteandRedRosetogether)
Unpatronised merit! RedPrimrose)

Uselessness. (Meadowsweet)

Utility.(Grass)

Variety.(China Aster)

Variety.(Mundi Rose)

Vice.(Darnel, Ray Grass)

Victory.(Palm)

Virtue.(Mint)

Virtue, Domestic.(Sage)

Volubility. (Abecedary)

Voraciousness.(Lupine)

Vulgar minds (African Marigold)

War... (York and Lancaster Rose)

War. (Achillea millefolia)

Warlike trophy.(Indian Cress)

Warmth of feeling... (Peppermint)

Watchfulness.(Dame Violet)

Weakness. (Moschatel)

Weakness.(Musk Plant)

Welcome to a stranger |

Widowhood.(Sweet Scabious)

Win me and wear me |

Winning grace. (Cowslip)

Winter. (Guelder Rose)

Wit.(Meadow Lychnis)

Wit ill-timed .(Wild Sorrel)

Witchcraft

Worth beyond beauty |

Worth sustained by 1 ( ^ink
judicious and ten- [• -j Convolvu-

der affection j ( lus)

Worthy all praise.(Fennel)

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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You are cold.(Hortensia)

You are my divinity I

You are perfect . (Pine Apple)

You are radiant with ) ( (Ranun-

charms f ( cuius)

You are rich in ) ( (Garden Ra-

attractions t nunculus)

You are the queen ) f (Queen’s
of coquettes ) ■" ( Rocket)
You have no claims( PasqueFlower)
You please all(Branch of Currants)
You wilLbe my death...(Hemlock)

Your charms are en-) ( (Spind

graven on my heart j ( Tree)
Your looks freeze me...(Ice Plant)
Your presence softens ) ((Milk
my pains J ■" ( vetch)

Your purity equals ) f (Orange
your loveliness | ( Blossoms)

Your qualities, like your ( p
charms, are unequalled ( '

Your qualities surpass ) ( (Migni-
your charms ( 1 onette)
Youthful innocence (White Lilac)
Youthful love .(Red Catchfly)

Zealousness

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,(Lemcn)

UNWIN BROTHERS, PRINTERS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON.

Ward, Lock, & Co.’s

LIST OF

JUVENILE BOOKS

AND

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUMES

FOR

REWARDS

AND

PRESENTS.

ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. Complete Edition. By
Hans Christian Andersen. With Fourteen Coloured Pictures, and
nearly loo full-page and other Engravings, and Life of the Author.
In One handsome Volume, demy 8 vo, cloth gilt, js. 6d.

ANDERSEN’S POPULAR TALES for CHILDREN.

With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8 vo, cloth gilt,
3 J. 6d.-, with Coloured Plates, cloth gilt, gilt edges, sr.

ANDERSEN’S STORIES FOR THE YOUNG.

With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8 vo, cloth gilt,
6d.; with Coloured Plates, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 5 r.

HANS ANDERSEN’S STORY BOOKS FOR THE

YOUNG. With Coloured Plates and many other Illustrations.

8 vo, cloth gilt, js. each.

1. The Christmas Tree.

2. The Garden of Paradise.

3. The Willow Tree.

4. The Silent Book.

5. The Little Mermaid.

6. The Silver Shilling.

Fcap.

7. The Snow Queen.

8. The Ice Maiden.

9. Little Ada’s Flowers.

10. Little Tuk.

11. What the Moon Saw.

ICE WORLD ADVENTURES ; or, Voyages and Travels
in the Arctic Regions. By James Mason. With 37 full-page Plates on
toned paper. Map of the Arctic Regions, and numerous Engravings
in the te.xt. Crown 8 vo, 500 pp., cloth gilt, gilt edges, price ss.

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Ward, Lock, Coks Juvenile Books.

T H E B A C K W O O D S M A N; or, Life on the Indian Frontier.
Edited by Sir C. Lascelles Wraxall, Bart. With many full-page
and other Engravings. Cloth gilt, gilt edges, 5^.

THE BOY’S HANDY BOOK OF GAMES, SPORTS,

PASTIMES, AND AMUSEMENTS. A Complete Cyclopadia of
Boyish Recreative Pursuits of every Description. 348 pages, with
Hundreds of Illustrations. Crown 8vo, extra cloth, gilt side and edges, 5^

THE BOY’S OWN SEA STORIES. Being the Ad¬
ventures of a Sailor in the Navy, the Merchant Service, and on a
Whaling Cruise. Narrated by Himself. With full-page Engravings,
on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, SJ.

THE BOY’S HANDY BOOK OF NATURAL HIS¬
TORY. Edited by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. Illustrated with Sixteen
Coloured Plates, and about 100 ftjll-page Engravings by W. Harvey
and others. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt extra, gilt edges, 5^.

LION HUNTING, AND SPORTING LIFE IN

ALGERIA. By Jules Gerard, the Lion Killer. To which is added.
Adventures and Exploits of Famous Hunters and Travellers in India,
Africa, and America. With Coloured P'fontispiece, and many full-page
and other Illustrations by Gustave DoRfi and other artists. Crown
8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, price 5^.

BEETON’S BOY’S PRIZE LIBRARY.

No better Library could be chosen for the selection of Prizes for Young
Ge?itlemen, Birthday Gifts, or Ajiniversary Rewards.

Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s. ; gilt edges, 6s.

1. BEETON’S FACT, FICTION, HISTORY, AND

ADVENTURE, &c. i,iio pages, with 33 page Engravings and
many Woodcuts.

2. BEETON’S HISTORICAL ROMANCES, DAR¬

ING DEEDS, AND ANIMAL STORIES. 1,104 pages, with 34
full-page Engravings and 253 Woodcuts.

3. BEETON’S BRAVE TALES, BOLD BALLADS,

AND TRAVELS BY LAND AND SEA. 1,088 pages, with 38
full-page Engravings and 320 Woodcuts.'

4. BEETON’S TALES OF CHIVALRY, SCHOOL

■STORIES, MECHANICS AT HOME, AND EXPLOITS OF
THE ARMY AND NAVY. 888 pages, with 26 full-page En¬
gravings on toned paper, and 235 Woodcuts.

5. BEETON’S HERO SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND

EXPLORERS. 890 pages, with 36 full-page Engravings and 137
Woodcuts.

6. BEETON’S FAMOUS VOYAGES, BRIGAND

ADVENTURES, TALES OF THE BATTLE FIELD, &c. 1,034
pages, with 38 Plates and 136 Woodcuts.

Books for Boys.

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Beeton’s Boy’s Prize ’Ln.s.Ksy—cotitmued.

7. BEETON’S VICTORIOUS ENGLISH SEA
STORIES, TALES OF ENTERPRISE AND SCHOOL LIFE.
1,050 pages, with 46 full-page Plates and 150 Woodcuts.

BEETON’S BOY’S OWN LIBRARY.

Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, price 51. each ; gilt edges, 6 s.

1. STORIES OF THE WARS. By John Tillotson.

Coloured Pictures and many other Illustrations.

2 . A BOY’S ADVENTURES IN THE BARONS’

WARS ; or. How I Won my Spurs. By J. G. Edgar. Coloured
Frontispiece and many Illustrations.

3. CRESSY AND POICTIERS. By J. G. Edgar.

Coloured Frontispiece and many Illustrations.

4. RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR. By

J. G. Edgar. Coloured Frontispiece and many full-page Engravings
on toned paper.

5. WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD. By

J. Greenwood. Eight Coloured Plates and many Woodcut Illus¬
trations.

6. CURIOSITIES OF SAVAGE LIFE. J.

Greenwood. With many Illustrations.

7. HUBERT ELLIS : A Story of King Richard

the Second’s Days. By F. Davenant. Coloured Frontispiece,
full-page and other Illustrations.

8. DON QUIXOTE. With nearly 700 Illustrations.

9. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. Coloured Frontispiece

and upwards of 300 Illustrations.

10. ROBINSON CRUSOE. With Memoir of the Author.

Coloured and other Plates, and many Woodcuts.

11. SILAS THE CONJURER: His Travels and Perils.

By J. Greenwood. Many Illustrations.

12. SAVAGE HABITS and CUSTOMS. By J. Green¬

wood. With many Illustrations.

13. REUBEN DAVIDGER. By J. Greenwood. With

many Illustrations.

14. BRAVE BRITISH SOLDIERS AND THE

VICTORIA CROSS. Full-page Engravings and other Illustrations.

15. ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. By W. J.

Broderip, F.R.S. Coloured Frontispiece and many Illustrations.

16. WILD ANIMALS IN FREEDOM AND CAP¬

TIVITY, Coloured Frontispiece and 120 Illustrations.

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Ward, Lock, & Co.'s Juveiiile Books.

Bekton’s Boy’s Own Library—

18. THE WORLD’S EXPLORERS : Including the Dis-

coveries of Livingstone and Stanley. Coloured Frontispiece and many
Illustrations.

19. THE MAN AMONG THE MONKEYS; or, Ninety

Days in Apeland. Illustrated by Gustave Dor6 and others.

20. THE GOLDEN AMERICAS. By John Tillotson.

With many Illustrations.

THE BOY'S FAVOURITE LIBRARY.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, price 3^. 6 d. each.

1. THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD in Earth,

Sea, and Sky. By Uncle John. With 123 Wood Engravings.

2. FIFTY CELEBRATED MEN : Their Lives and Trials,

and the Deeds that made them Famous. Many Engravings on Wood.

3. ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel De Foe. With

a Biographical Sketch of the Author, and no Engravings.

4. HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON.

By Thomas Day, Illustrated with 100 Engravings by the Brothers
Dalziel.

5. A BOY’S LIFE ABOARD SHIP, as it is. Told by

Himself. With full-page Illustrations.

Illustrated Gift Books.

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The Boy’s Favoukite ’Libha.'rv— continued.

6. LIFE IN A WHALER; or, Perils and Adventures in

the Tropical Seas. By Sailor Charley. With full-page Illus¬
trations.

7. GREAT INVENTORS :The Sources of their Useful¬

ness and the Results of their Efforts. With 109 Engravings on Wood.

8. HOUSEHOLD STORIES. By the Brothers Grimm,

W. Hauff, &c. Profusely Illustrated with Engravings on Wood.

9. THE MARVELS OF NATURE; or. Outlines of

Creation. By Elisha Noyce. With 400 Engravings by the
Brothers Dalziel.

10. THE BOY’S BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL IN¬

FORMATION. By Elisha Noyce. With 370 Engravings by
Brothers Dalziel.

11. FAMOUS BOYS, and How they became Famous Men.

By the Author of “ Clever Boys.” With numerous Engravings.

12. THE TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE AND

ENTERPRISE. By Thomas Cooper. Numerous Illustrations.

13. THE CRUSADES AND CRUSADERS. ByJ.G.

Edgar. With full-page Illustrations.

14. THE MERCHANT’S CLERK; or. Principle and No

Principle. By Rev. C. B. Tayler, M.A. With numerous full-page
and other Illustrations.

15. THE SAILOR HERO ; or. The Frigate and the Lugger.

By Captain F. C. Armstrong. Illustrated.

16. THE CRUISE OF THE DARING: A Tale of the Sea.

By Captain F. C. Armstrong. Illustrated.

17. PYROTECHNY; or. The Art of Making Fireworks at

little Cost, and with complete Safety and Cleanliness. With 124
Illustrations and Diagrams.

18. MONT BLANC, A Boy’s Ascent of. By Albert

Smith. Illustrated. With Memoir of the Author by Edmund
Yates.

19. POE’S TALES OF MYSTERY, IMAGINATION,

AND HUMOUR. By Edgar Allan Poe. With 37 Engravings.

20. BALLADS AND POETICAL TALES. Selected

from Percy Ritson, Evans, Jamieson, Scott, &c.

21. BOY’S BOOK OF MODERN TRAVEL AND

ADVENTURE. Illustrated by W. Harvey.

22. THE YOUNG MAROONERS; or, Robert and Harold

on the Florida Coast. By F. R. Goulding. Illustrated.

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Ward, l^ock, 6 ^ Co.'s Juvenile Books.

THE YOUTH’S LIBRARY OF WONDERS AND
ADVENTURE.

Including Jules Verne’s Startling Stories, with Coloured Plates.
Picture wrapper, I^. each ; or cloth gilt, 2J.

1. A JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE

KARTH. By Jules Verne. With Three Coloured Plates.

2. THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE. By

Jules Verne. Ditto.

3. THE ICE DESERT. By Jules Verne. Ditto.

4. FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON. By Jules Verne.

Ditto. ^ •’

5. THE MYSTERIOUS DOCUMENT. By Tules

Verne. Ditto.

6. ON THE TRACK. By Jules Verne. Ditto.

7. AMONG THE CANNIBALS. By Jules Verne.

Ditto.

8. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER

THE SEA. By Jules Verne. Parti. Ditto.

9 - -- Part II. Ditto.

10. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. By R. H.

Dana. ^

11. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. By Jules

Verne. With Three Coloured Plates.

12. ROUND THE MOON. By Jules Verne. Witli

Two Coloured Plates.

13. HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON.

Thomas Day, With Eight Page Engravings,

14. BARON MUNCHAUSEN. (His Life, Travels, and

Extraordinary Adventures.) By the Last of his Family.

JULES VERNE’S WORKS-DOUBLE VOLUMES.

Crown 8vo, picture boards, price 2r. ; handsome cloth gilt, 3f. 6 d.

1. ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS.

Containing The English at the North Pole, and The Ice Desert.
With Six Coloured Pictures.

2. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER
THE SEA. First and Second Series, complete. With Six Coloured
Pictures.

3. THE WONDERFUL TRAVELS. Containing A

Journey into the Interior of the Earth, and Five Weeks in a
Balloon. With Six Coloured Pictures.

4. THE MOON VOYAGE. Containing From the Earth

to the Moon, and Round the Moon, With Five Coloured Pictures.

Gift Books for Children.

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THE “LITTLE PET” SERIES.

Picture boards, 2J. ; cloth, 2S . 6 ( i .

1. OUR LITTLE PET’S OWN PICTURE BOOK.

With i6o Illustrations.

2. NEW COMICAL NURSERY RHYMES AND

STORIES TO MAKE LITTLE CHILDREN LAUGH. Nu¬
merous Illustrations.

3. PRETTY LITTLE LESSONS FOR PRETTY

LITTLE CHILDREN. With 250 Illustrations.

4. EASY TALES AND PLEASANT STORIES

FOR OUR YOUNG FRIENDS. With upwards of 200 Illustra¬
tions.

5. BIBLE SKETCHES FROM THE OLD AND

NEW TESTAMENTS, adapted for Juvenile reading. With about
80 Illustrations.

6. SACRED READINGS FOR YOUNG CHIL¬

DREN. Selected from the Old Testament. W’ith about 60 En¬
gravings.

8. THE CHILD’S OWN BOOK OF PICTURES,

TALES, AND POETRY. Numerous Illustrations-

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Ward, Lock, &> Co.’s Juvenile Books.

The Little Pet Series — continued.

9. FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES FOR

nursery favourites. With about 200 IllustVaUons.

10 . MERRY RHYMES AND STORIES FOR

MERRY LITTLE LEARNERS. With about go Illustrations.

“■ FANNY’S NURSERY PICTURE

CUUK. Super-royal i6mo, numerous Coloured Illustrations.

^^CHILURF^ TAYLOR’S POETRY FOR

MJniic , Con'aimng the Original Poems, Hymns for Infant

Minds, and Rhymes for the Nursery. With many Illustrations. Crown
8vo, handsome cloth gilt, 3^. 6 d. irauons. «..rown

POPULAR FAIRY TALES TOLD

FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME. By H. W. Dulcken Ph D
Dalziel Brmhe'^ Pictures and 276 other Illustrations engraved by
1 from designs by eminent Artists. Imperial i6mo^

420 pp., large type, cloth extra, gilt edges, sj. '

fTORY BOOK. With 230 Pictures
J. A. Pasquier, W. Harvey T B
Dalziel, W. M Connell, and Harrison Weir, engraved’bv the
Brothers Dalziel. Imperial i6mo, cloth gilt, 5J. ^

THE CHILD’S BOOK OF FRENCH AND ENG-

DISH. Comprising One Hundred and Two Lessons in Words and
Phrases, French and English, line for line. With Reading Book of
Simple Stories in French, for the use of Children of both L^xes from
whirl •^PP^'oprtately Illustrated with Designs

clolh gik, si ’ T>r^ycins. Imperial Jmo.

THE CHILDREN’S FORGET-ME-NOT. A Book

for the Young. Containing Stories of the
Months, Tales about Animals, Seaside Ditties, &c., with upwards of

h^ndslme clmrgur3..^^^‘"'°’ 6^- i

BIBLE STEPS FOR LITTLE PILGRIMS- or

Scnp^ture Stories for Little Folks. With 16 Coloured Illustrations and
130 Engravings. 350 pages, large type, imperial i6mo, cloth gilt, sj.

SACRED STORIES FOR SUNDAY HOURS- or

ocrjpturc Narratives from the Old Testament «-» r'otrt j j

8s pfain Illustrations. Imperial iLot doTh gilt, 3 “L?

good SHEPHERD ; or, The Story of Jesus and

Moral Stories for the Young.

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Cloth gilt, One Shilling each.

Cloth extra, bevelled boards, gilt edges, is. 6ii.

The feature of this series of Books is to CTKOurage in childhood a spirit
of love, gentleness, and cheerfulness, ■while affording amusement and
interest. _

1. THE ORIGINAL POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

By Ann and Jane Taylor. With Coloured Frontispiece.

2. THE BASKET OF FLOWERS; or, Piety and

Truth Triumphant. With Coloured Frontispiece.

3. ELLEN’S IDOL. By the Author of “Tiny.” Il¬

lustrated.

5. SERMONS ON THE WALL. By John Tillotson.

Illustrated.

6. GOLDY AND GOLDY’S FRIENDS. By Mary

Densel. Illustrated.

7. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL ; or, Ethel’s Pearls.

Illustrated.

8. I DON’T KNOW HOW. By E. Stuart Phelps.

Illustrated.

lo Ward, Lock, Co.’s Jicvenile Books.

“Good Aim "£. oo ' K . s ”— contimied .

9. SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF CHILDREN. By

the Rev. J. B. Smith. Illustrated.

10. TINY. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. With Coloured

and other Illustrations.

11. TINY’S SUNDAY NIGHTS. By E. Stuart Phelps.

With Coloured and other Illustrations.

12. THE ORPHAN BOY; or, From Peasant to Prince.

13. TOM, TOM, THE PRINTER’S SON. A Boy’s

Story, Related by Himself. Illustrated.

14. ONLY A DANDELION. By the Author of “Stepping

Heavenward.” With Coloured and other Illustrations.

15. FOLLOW ME. By the Author of “Stepping Heaven¬

ward.” Illustrated.

16. NEW YEAR’S BARGAIN. By Susan Coolidge,

Illustrated.

17. IN THE BEGINNING; or. From Eden to Canaan.

Illustrated.

18. CONQUERORS AND CAPTIVES; or. From

David to Daniel. Illustrated.

19. THE STAR OF PROMISE ; or. From Bethlehem to

Calvary. Illustrated.

20. THE HISTORY OF THE ROBINS. By Mrs.

Trimmer. With Coloured Frontispiece.

21. HYMNS FOR INFANT MINDS. By Ann and

Jane Taylor. Illustrated.

22. RHYMES FOR THE NURSERY. By Ann and

Jane Taylor. Illustrated.

23. LITTLE SUSY’S SIX BIRTHDAYS. By the

Author of “ Stepping Heavenward.” With many Illustrations.

24. LITTLE SUSY’S LITTLE SERVANTS. By

the Author of “ Stepping Heavenward.” With Coloured Frontispiece
and other Illustrations.

25. LITTLE SUSY’S SIX SERVANTS. By the Author

of “ Stepping Heavenward.” With Coloured Frontispiece and other
Illustrations.

26. ON’Y A PENNY ; or. One of the Least ofThese. By

the Author of “A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam.” With many Illustrations.

Interesting Stories and Poems.

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THE GOOD GIFT LIBRARY FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.

*There are no hooks more suitable for children than these. Of a high
moral totu, combined with most interesting tales and poetry, they not only
set forth the advantages of being "good," but they impart a reverence atui
love for the Creator and His works, while their cheapness brings them
within the reach of all.

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Pott 8vo, cloth gilt, Illustrated, price (id. each.

1. LITTLE SUSY’S LITTLE SERVANTS. First

Series. By the Author of “ Stepping Heavenward.”

2. LITTLE SUSY’S LITTLE SERVANTS. Second

Series. By ditto.

3. LITTLE SUSY’S BIRTHDAYS. First Series.

By ditto.

4. LITTLE SUSY’S BIRTHDAYS. Second Series.

By ditto.

5. LITTLE SUSY’S TEACHERS. First Series. By

ditto.

6. LITTLE SUSY’S TEACHERS. Second Series. By

ditto.

7. ORIGINAL POEMS. First Series. By Ann and

Jane Taylor.

8. ORIGINAL POEMS. Second Series. By ANff and

Jane Taylor.

9. ORIGINAL POEMS. Third Series. By Ann and

Jane Taylor.

10. WATTS’ DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS.

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Ward, Lock, Co.’s Juvenile Books.

THE PLAY-HOUR PICTURE BOOKS.

Large 4to, splendidly printed in Colours, entirely new and handsome
binding, cloth gilt extra, ss. each.

1. NURSERY RHYMES, ABC BOOK. With 58

Coloured and 47 Plain Illustrations. ^

2. LITTLE FOLKS’ BEAUTY PICTURES. With

many Coloured Illustrations.

3. LITTLE TOT’S PLEASURE BOOK. With 42

Coloured Illustrations (many full-page). ^

4. CHILD’S OWN PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

With 34 Coloured Illustrations (22 full-page) and 56 Engravings.

5. THE NURSERY FRIEND. With 24 full-patre

ClnlmirAfl Tniicffofr/-kr.e- ~ *0

AUNT FANNY’S NURSERY TALES AND

RHYMES. With full-page Illustrations, printed in Colours. Cloth
gilt, 3J. onr. ; or mounted on linen, s-r .

Picture P7'esent Books.

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AUNT FANNY’S PICTURE PRESENT BOOK.

With many Illustrations, printed in Colours. Cloth gilt, 5^.

AUNT FANNY’S PRETTY PICTURE BOOK. With

Illustrations printed in Colours. Cloth, 3^. (^d. ; or mounted, 5^.

CHILDREN’S PICTORIAL MUSEUM OF BIRDS,

BEASTS, AND FISHES. With 16 Coloured Plates by Harrison
Weir, and 200 Engravings in the Text. Folio, picture boards, sj.

CHILD’S OWN BOOK OF SCRIPTURE PIC¬

TURES. OLD TESTAMENT. With over 100 Illustrations, boards, 5s.

CHILD’S OWN BOOK OF SCRIPTURE PIC¬

TURES, NEW TESTAMENT. With over 100 Illustrations,boards, 5s.

THE CHILD’S FAMOUS PICTURE BOOK. With

400 Pictures. The Cheapest Picture Book ever published. Cloth, 3J.

THE ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK FOR KIND

LITTLE PEOPLE. With large Coloured Pictures. Cloth, 3s. 6d.

THE BOOK OF ANIMALS. With 9 Coloured Illustra.

tions by Harrison Weir, and many Engravings. Cloth, 3s. 6d.

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITS.

With descriptive Text by H. W. Dui.cken, Ph.D., and 12 large
double-page Coloured Illustrations. Boards, 6s.; cloth gilt, js. 6d.

WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR HOMES. With

descriptive Text by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D., and 12 large double¬
page Coloured Illustrations. Boards, 6 j. ; cloth gilt, yr. 6d,

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Ward, Lock, 6^ Co.'s Juvejiile Books.

WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS.

Carefully Edited, and handsomely Printed in Colours.

In handsome wrapper, price ij. each. Those marked thus * can also be
had mounted on strong linen, at zj.

1. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. With 8 full-page Coloured

Plates, and other Illustrations.

2. HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS. With 8 full-

page Coloured Plates, and other Illustrations.

*3. NURSERY SONGS AND BALLADS. With

Coloured Illustrations.

*7. ADVENTURES WITH ANIMALS. With 12

Coloured Pictures.

*8. THE PICTURE ROBINSON CRUSOE. 21

Coloured Pictures.

*9. THE CHILDREN’S HOUSEHOLD PETS. With

22 Coloured and many other Illustrations.

•^lo. THE CHILDREN’S PICTURE ALPHABET.

20 Coloured Pictures.

*12. THE NAUGHTY PUPPIES. With Coloured Ulus-

trations.

*13. THE A B C OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS. With

24 Coloured Illustrations.

Child7'en's Toy Books.

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Warwick House Toy Books— contimted .

*14. THE A B C OF PRETTY COUNTRY SCENES.

With 24 Coloured Illustrations.

*15. THE NURSERY PICTURE GALLERY AND

CHILD’S OWN PICTURE COLOUR BOOK. With 6 Coloured
Plates, and Outlines for copying same.

* 16 . MASTER MOUSIE’S SUPPER PARTY : Show¬
ing how when Puss is away the Mice will play. 6 Coloured Plates.

*17. AMUSING MAZES; a Set of Puzzle Pictures,

Printed in Colours.

*18. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. With splendid

Coloured Pictures.

*19. LITTLE ALFRED’S VISIT TO WOMB-

WELL’S MENAGERIE. Coloured Pictures of the Menagerie
and the various Animals.

*24. PUSS IN BOOTS. With Coloured Illustrations.

*25. THE DISCONTENTED BOY. With Coloured
Illustrations.

*26. MAMMA’S NEW PICTURE ALPHABET. With

splendid Coloured Plates.

*27. ABC OF HEROES. 6 large Coloured Pictures.

*28. HOLIDAY ALPHABET. 6 large Coloured Pictures.
*29. THE ALPHABET OF ANIMAL LIFE. With

large Coloured Pictures.

*30. THE FAIRY WELL; or, The Little Brother and

Sister. With Coloured Illustrations.

*31. MISS MOUSIE’S WEDDING AND BALL,

With 6 large Coloured Pictures.

32. THE NURSERY ARTIST; or, The Little Picture

Maker, ist Series. With 6 large Coloured Pictures with figures
round the sides,, ready for cutting out and pasting down.

33. THE NURSERY ARTIST. 2nd Series.

34. THE NURSERY ARTIST. 3rd Series.

35. THE NURSERY ARTIST. 4th Series.

*38. FAVOURITE ANIMALS AND THEIR USES.

With 6 large Coloured Illustrations.

*39. THE THREE FRIENDS OF MAN. With 6 large

Coloured Illustrations.

*40. ALPHABET OF FAVOURITE ANIMALS,

With 6 large Coloured Illustrations.

*41. ABC OF NURSERY RHYMES. 6 large Coloured

Illustrations.

*42. COCK ROBIN. New Edition, with 6 splendid

Coloured Illustration*.

16 Ward, Lock, Co.’s Juvenile Books, &c.

Warwick House Toy Books — conthiued.

*43. THE PUSSY CATS’ HUNTING PARTY. Beau-

fully printed in Colours.

*44. PRETTY PETS AND HAPPY PLAYMATES.

Beautifully printed in Colours.

*45. HOPPETY FROGS AND NIBBLEDY MICE.

Beautifully printed in Colours.

AUHT FANNY’S SERIES OFSIXPENNY TOY BOOKS.

Beautifully printed in Colours, 4to,

1. The Two Puppies.

2. The Cunning Fox.

3. The Boys and the Giant.

4. Dick Do-little,the Idle Sparrow.

5. Alphabet of Animals.

6. Aunt Fanny’s ABC.

7. Cock Robin.

8. Nursery Rhymes Alphabet

g. Aunt Fanny’s Nursery Rhymes.

10. Naughty Chickens.

11. Punch and Judy.

12. Old Mother Hubbard.

coloured wrapper, 6d.; or mounted, is.

13. The Book of Animals.

14. Three Little Kittens.

16. Little Miss Tottie’s Travels.

17. Little Miss Tottie’s Chimney
Corner Stories.

18. Little Miss Tottie and her
Friends.

19. Alphabet of Games.

20. Alphabet of Toys.

21. Poppy and Totty.

22. Little Tommy and his Pets.

WARD, LOCK, & CO.’S SIXPENNY COLOURED

INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOKS. Mounted on linen, 6d. each :—

1. Easy ABC Book. I 3. Easy Words and Pretty Pictures.

2. Large Letter ABC. | 4. Easy Nursery Rhymes.

GRACIE GOODCHILD’S PRETTY PICTURE

BOOKS. Handsomely printed in Colours. Coloured wrapper, 3£f. each:

1. The Pretty Picture Alphabet. I 3. The Pretty Picture Primer.

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1. Life and Teachings of our Lord

Jesus.

2. The Creation to the Deluge.

3. History of Abraham, Isaac, and

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3. Death and Burial of Cock Robin.

4. Child’s Picture Book of Animalr.

PICTURE BIBLE STORIES.

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4. Story of the Mighty Men of
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5. The History of David.

6. The Apostles and our Saviour’s
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4. Beeton’s Pictorial Reader. 24 pages. 21 Illustrations.

5. Beeton’s Pictorial History of England. 28 pages. 46 Illustrations.

6. Beeton’s Pictorial Bible History. 28 pages. 39 Illustrations.

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