L. FLOWERS b’DAY. A.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Their language? Prithee! why, they are themselves
But bright thoughts syllabled to shape and hue—
The tongue that erst was spoken by the elves,

When tenderness as yet within the world was new.

And, oh! do not their soft and starry eyes—

Now bent to earth, to heaven now meekly pleading,
Their incense fainting as it seeks the skies,

Yet still from earth with freshening hope receding—

Say, do not these to every heart declare,

With all the silent eloquence of truth,

The language that they speak is Nature’s prayer,

To give her back those spotless days of youth?

Pharles J^enno JIoffman.

JANUARY 1

Abutilon . Estimation

Friendship is no plant of hasty growth,

Tho’ planted in esteem’s deep-fixed sails,

The gradual culture of kind intercourse
Must bring it to perfection.

jJoANNA J3AILLIE.

He most lives

Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best.
Life’s but a means unto an end—that end,
Beginning, mean, and end of all things—God.

jP. J. ^3AILEY.

JANUARY 2

Acacia

Friendship,

Small service is true service while if lasts •
Protects the ling’ring dewdrop from the sun.

)VORDSWORTH,

Friendship above all ties, does bind the heart,
And faith in friendship is the noblest part.

JL.ORD PRRERY.

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Adonis ...— Sorrowful remembrances.

Tears, idle tears, — I know not what they mean,

Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather in the eyes,

In looking on the happy autumn fields,

And thinking of the days that are no more.

Jennyson.

..-. JANUARY 4 . —.-

Acanthus - ---- Artifice.

What’s the bent brow, or neck in thought reclin’d?

The body’s wisdom to conceal the mind.

A man of sense can artifice disdain,

As man of wealth may venture to go plain.

Young,

JANUARY

Secret love.

Acacia (Yellow)

Indeed, true gladness doth not always speak :
Joy bred and born but in the tongue is weak.

J3en jJohnson.

Not one sigh shall tell my story.

Not one tear my cheek shall stain
Silent grief shall be my glory —■

Grief that stoops not to complain.

Mrs. Robinson.

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JANUARY 6

Ageratum --— Politeness.

In simple manners all the secret lies:

Be kind and virtuous, you’ll be blest and wise,

Young.

Of softest manners, unaffected mind;

Lover of peace, and friend of human kind.

Pope.

For seldom yet did living creature see
That courtesie and manhood ever disagree.

J3penser.

. . . . . . JANUARY 7 —..

Agrimony. . Thankfulness.

If you have lived, take thankfully the past;

Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.

Pryden.

I understood not that a grateful mind;

By owing owes not, but still pays, at once
Indebted and discharg’d.

JdlLTON.

.. JANUARY 8 --

Aloe - - - Grief.

Half of the ills we hoard within our hearts,

Are ills because we hoard them.

Proctor.

Who then, unclouded bliss would seek
On this terrestrial sphere,

When e’en delight can only speak,

Like sorrow, in a tear?

Metastasio.

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Alyssum

JANUARY 9

Merit before beauty.

Tell me not that he’s a poor man,

That his dress is coarse and bare;

Tell me not his daily pittance
Is a workman’s scanty fare;

Tell me not his birth is humble,

That his parentage is low;

Is he honest in his actions?

That is all I want to know.

jJoseph Pomer.

. JANUARY 10 ' -..

Amaranth (Globe) __ 1 change not.

Changeless as the greenest leaves
Of the wreath the cypress weaves—
Hopeless often when most fond—

Without hope or fear beyond
Its own pale fidelity.

JVllSS JliANDON,

.... JANUARY 11 ..........

Amaryllis ---- Splendid beauty.

Her face right wondrous fair did seem to be,

That her broad, beauty’s beam great brightness threw
Through the dim shade, that all men might it see.

Ppenser.

Beauties that from worth arise,

Are like the grace of deities,

Still present with us, though unsighted.

(Sir jJ. (Suckling.

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JANUARY 12

American Elm ..... Patriotism.

He who maintains his country’s laws

Alone is great; or he who dies in the good cause.

/Sir ft. JIunt.

O Heaven, he cried, my bleeding country save!
Is there no hand on high to shield the brave?
Yet though destruction sweep those lovely plains,
Rise, fellow-men ! Our country yet remains !

pAMPBELL,

JANUARY 13

American Linden —... Matrimony.

Wedded love is founded on esteem,

Which the fair merits of the mind engage,

For those are charms which never can decay;

But time which gives new whiteness to the swan,
Improves their luster.

JANUARY 14

American Starwort _ Cheerfulness in old age.

Oh no! I never will grow old,

Though years on years roll by,

And silver o’er my dark brown hair,

And dim my laughing eye.

(Sara jJane pLARKE.

The spring, like youth, fresh blossoms doth produce,
But autumn makes them ripe and fit for use.

[Sir jJ. Penham.

And rose, where’er I turned mine eye,
The morning star of memory.

J3yron

--- JANUARY 16

Andromeda - Bound hy fate.

Fate steals along with ceaseless tread,

And meets us oft when least we dread;

Frowns in the storm with threatening brow,

Yet in the sunshine strikes the blow.

POWPER.

JANUARY 17

Angelica

— Inspiration.

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

Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;

And, as imagination bodies forth

The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen

Turns them to shape?, and gives to airy nothing

A local habitation and a name.

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(Shakespeare.

JANUARY 21

.. Let me heal thy grief.

Tho’ dark the night, ’tis not for ever;

A day-beam comes, in mercy given—

Before its ray the storm-clouds sever,

The wandering soul hath rest in heaven.

jJames JS. ^ylwaed,

JANUARY 22

Ash Tree —

Grandeur.

What is grandeur? Not the sheen
Of silken robes; no, nor the mien
And haughty eye
Of old nobility—

The foolish that is not, but has been.

The noblest trophies of mankind
Are the conquests of the mind.

/Sir. ft. JIunt.

JANUARY 23

Aspen

Excessive sensibility.

Feeling hearts—touch them but lightly—pour
A thousand melodies unheard before.

JIogers.

There feeling is diffus’d through every part,
Thrills in each nerve, and lives in all the heart;
And those gen’rous souls each tear would keep
From other’s eyes, are born themselves to weep,
JIannah JvIore.

Variety.

Countless the various species of mankind,

Countless the shades which separate mind from mind;
No general object of desire is known;

Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

pIFFORD.

That each from other differs, first confess;

Next that he varies from himself no less.

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Asphodel . Remembered beyond the tomb.

Fade! flowers, fade ! Nature will have it so;

’Tis what we must in our autumn do!

And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground, ,

The loss alone by those that lov’d them found,

So in the grave shall we as quiet lie,

Miss’d by some few that loved our company.

y/ALLER.

Temperance.

Temperate in every place—abroad, at home,

Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;

And health from either he in time prepares
For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.

Prabbe.

He who the rules of temperance neglects,

From a good cause may produce vile effects.

Juke.

JANUARY 28

Bachelor’s Button Single blessedness . Celibacy.

He meets the smile of young and old, he wins the praise of all,
He is feasted at the banquet, and distinguished at the ball;
When town grows dull and sultry, he may fly to green retreats,
A welcome visitor in turn at twenty country seats;

He need not seek society, for, do whate’er he can,

Invitations and attentions will pursue the single man.

/cNON.

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Balm of Gilead . Sympathetic feeling.

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears,

No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty’s ears,

Not the bright stars which night’s blue arch adorn,
Nor rising sun that gilds the vernal mom,

Shines with such luster as the tear that flows
Down virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes.

Pr. Parwin.

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Oh! how impatience gains upon the soul,

When the long-promised hour of joy draws near!
How slow the tardy moments seem to roll!

JvIrs. Jxghe,

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,

We bid be quiet, when we hear it cry;

But were we burdened with like weight of pain
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.

Shakespeare.

JANUARY 31

Bay Leaf .~ I change but in death.

I change but in dying, and no holier vow

From lips mortal e’er came that I breathe to thee now;

It comes from a heart with love for thee sighing;

Believe me, ’tis true—I change but in dying.

jJoHN jS. ^DAES.

FEBRUARY' 1

Bay Wreath .. Reward of merit .

Here only merit constant pay receives;

Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives.

Merit like his, the fortune of the mind,
Beggars all wealth.

Thompson.

The noble mind, unconscious of a fault,

No fortune’s frown can bend, or smiles exalt.

/;NON.

FEBRUARY 2

Bearded Crepis . Succour.

He knocked, was welcomed in, none asked his name,
Nor whither he was bound, nor whence he came;

But he was beckoned to the stranger’s seat,

Right side the chimney fire of blazing peat.

Pampbell.

I would bring balm, and pour it in your wound;
Cure your distemper’d mind, and heal your fortunes.

Pryden.

Beech Tree

I know a walk were beeches grow—

Where feathered songsters fill the air
With music sweet, and flowers blow
Blooming and fair.

And there I’ve oft with pleasure wooed
The muses nine in solitude.

Tred. yj , Webber.

Bee Orchis

FEBRUARY 4

Industry.

Tell me not in mournful numbers,

“ Life is but an empty dream ! ”

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

“ Dust thou art to dust return est, ”

Was not spoken of the soul.

JjONGFELLOW.

FEBRUARY 5 .......

Bittersweet; Nightshade . Truth .

Across the threshold led,

And every tear kissed off as soon as shed,

His house she enters, there to be a light
Shining within, when all without is night;

A guardian angel o’er his life presiding,

Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing.

ftOGERS.

Thou wast my nurse in sickness, and my comforter in health
So gentle and so constant, when our love was all our wealth

/.LBERT J>ike

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Beware of desperate steps ! The darkest day.
Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.

pOWPER.

Fain would I stop to remove from thy way

Stones that have bruised me, and thorns that have grieved;

Set up my errors for way-marks, to say,

Hen I was wounded, ensnared, or deceived.

PORA pREENWELL.

• -. FEBRUARY 7 ----

Bluebell (Bell Flower Pyramidal). Constancy.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other however it blow.

Oppression and sickness, and sorrow, and pain,

Shall be to our true love as links to the chain.

PoNGFELLOW.

When all things have their trial, you shall find
Nothing is constant but a virtuous mind.

(Shirley,

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Borage ..... Abruptness. Bluntness.

’Tis not enough your counsel still be true;

Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Pope.

This is some fellow, J

Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect
A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb;

Quite from his nature ! he can’t flatter, he,

An honest mind and plain—he must speak truth {

And they will take it so; if not, he’s plain.

(Shakespeare.

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Stoicism.

Nor box, nor bines, without their use are made
Smooth-grain’d and proper for the turner’s trade;
Which curious hands may carve, and seal
With ease invade*

yiRGit.

full many a stoic eye and aspect stern,

Mask hearts where grief hath little left to learn.

J3yron,

FEBRUARY 11

You please all.

All are lovely, all blossom of heart and of mind;

All true to their natures, as Nature designed;

To cheer and to solace, to strengthen, caress,

And with love that can die not to buoy and to bless.

Humility.

Humble we must be, if we to Heaven go;
High is the roof there, but the gate is low;
Where’er thou speak’st, look with lowly eye—
Grace is increased by humility.

J^OBERT JIeRRICK.

Humility is the eldest born of virtue,

And claims the birthright at the throne of heav’n.

^dURPHY.

FEBRUARY 13

Broom Corn ... Labour.

“ Go till the ground, ” said God to man—

“ Subdue the earth, it shall be thine; ”

How grand, how glorious was the plan !

How wise the law divine.

JdRS. JIaee.

From labour health, from health contentment spring.

Beattie.

FEBRUARY 14

FEBRUARY 15

Bulrush --—--- Indecision.

Whilst timorous knowledge stands considering,
Audacious ignorance hath done the deed;

For who knows most, the most he knows to doubt;
The least discourse is commonly most stout.

Daniel.

FEBRUARY 16

Bundles of Reeds with their Panicles_ Music.

The soul of music slumbers in a shell,

Till waked and kindled by the master’s spell;
And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour
A thousand melodies unheard before.

jloGBRS,

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Butterfly Orchis- Gaiety.

What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,

The soul’s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.

Pope,

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys,

Superior wisdom is superior bliss.

Young.

Adulation

If we from wealth to poverty descend,

Want gives to know the flat’rer from the friend.

Phyden,

No adulation; ’tis the death of virtue!

Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest,

Save he who courts the flatterer.

JIannah pioRE.

FEBRUARY 19 .*.

Cactus (Night blooming) . Transient beauty.

’Tis not the fairness of the brow,

Nor brightness of the eye;

Nor yet the cheek whose radiant glow
Can with carnation vie,

That has a power to chain my gaze,

Or hold it in control;

The beauty that I most admire
Shines spotless from the soul.

plRS. jT. J. Pldredge.

FEBRUARY 20 .

Calla Lily ..... Feminine beauty.

For loveliness

Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,

But is, when unadorn’d, adorn’d the most;
Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty’s self,
Recluse amid the close embowering woods.

Jhompson.

.. Novelty.

It may be good, it may be true,

But who would care the thing to view
That wants the gloss of novelty.

^NON,

Of all the passions that possess mankind,

The love of novelty rules most the mind;

In search of this, from realm to realm we roam j
Our fleets came fraught with ev’ry folly home.

J'oote.

FEBRUARY 22 .

Calycanthus Potato . Benevole?ice.

Godlike his unwearied bounty flows;

First loves to do, then loves the good he does.

(Sir jJ. Penham.

From thy new hope, and from thy growing store,

Now lend assistance, and relieve the poor.

Pryden.

FEBRUARY - 24

Camellia Japonic a (White). Perfect loveliness.

Ne’er shall thy dangerous gifts these brows adorn,

To me more dear than all their rich perfume,

The chaste camellia’s pure and spotless bloom,

That boasts no fragrance and conceals no thorn.

yt . j^OSCOE,

Each ornament about her seemly lies,

By curious chance, or careless art, composed.

Jasso.

-—. FEBRUARY 25 ..

Camomile . Energy in adversity .

I’ll do the best that do I may,

While I have power to stand;

' While I have power to wield my sword,

I’ll fight with heart and hand.

^NONYMOUSi

. FEBRUARY 26 ..

Canary Grass --- Perseverance.

How noble is a good resolve,

There’s heavenly hope attending it,

And fair and pleasant thoughts involve
A latent bliss befriending it;

If strong the strife and great the pain,

Greater’s the triumph—try again.

jJohn JSwain.

FEBRUARY 27

Candytuft .. Architecture.

. . . Let my due feet never fail,

To walk the studious cloisters’ pale,

And love the high embow£d roof,

With antic pillars massy proof;

And storied windows richly dight,

Casting a dim, religious light.

JVIxlton.

..— - FEBRUARY 28 .......—---

Canterbury Bells __ Gratitude.

I grow impatient, till I find some way
Great offices with greater to repay.

Pryden.

To a generous mind

The heaviest debt is that of gratitude,

When ’tis not in our power to repay it.

pRANKLIN.

.. FEBRUARY 29 .......___

Cape Jasmine .... / am too happy.

With much we surfeit, plenty makes us poor,

The wretched Indian scorns the golden ore.

Prayton.

There is a spell in every flower—

A sweetness in each spray;

And every simple bird has power
To please me with its lay.

ybw*E Peyre Pinnies.

MARCH 1

Card amine. Infatuation.

Oh! blest is the fate of the one who hath found
Some loadstar to guide through the wilderness

round;

And such I have found, my beloved one, in thee,
For thou art the star of the desert to me.

{Samuel J-over.

MARCH 2 -

Carnation (Striped) .... Refusal.

But frankly, Sir, ’tis all I have to give.

Pryden.

If you oblige me suddenly to choose,

My choice , is made—and I must you refuse.

Pryden.

MARCH 3

Carnation (Yellow). Disdain.

Think not there is no smile
I can bestow upon thee. There is a smile,

A A smile of nature too, which I can spare,

’.i',' And yet perhaps thou wilt not thank me for it.
i* / ' jJOANNA PaILLIE.

sp Who first looked sad, grieved, pined, and showed
I his pain,

M Was he that first taught women to disdain.

W ^NON.

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Honour and shame from no condition rise:
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

jPopB.

MABCH5

Youthful love.

If to feel the deep devotion
Of a pilgrim at a shrine,

If to weep with fond emotion
Be to love thee, I am thine.

If to treasure every token,

Every look and every sign,

Every light word thou hast spoken,

Be to love thee, I am thine.

JvlRS. y. p. JIoWARD.
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MAKCH 7

Cedar Leaf (Red)

/ live for thee.

For thee I will arouse my thoughts to try

All heavenward flights, all high and holy strains ;

For thy dear sake I will walk patiently

Through these long hours, nor call their minutes pain.

j^RAXCBS jk NNE REMBLB.

MARCH 8

Celandine.. Future happiness .

He is the happy man whose life e’en now,

Shows somewhat of that happier life to come;

Who doomed to an obscure but tranquil state,

Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose,

Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit
Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,

Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one
Content indeed to sojourn while he must
Below the skies, but having there his home.

POWPER.

. MARCH 9 .

Chestnut Tree... Do me justice.

Then gently scan thy brother man,

Still gentler sister woman;

Though both may gang a kennie wrong,

To step aside is human.

33urns,

In mercy and justice both,

Through heaven and earth, so shall my glory excel,

But mercy first and last shall brightest shine.

JtflLTON.

MARCH 10

Star of my existence.

My spirit bows before a nameless shrine,
Seeking to offer there
The heart’s devotion to some nymph divine
As pure and true as fair.

yt. f. JLangey.
Ease in your mien, and sweetness in your face,
You speak a siren, and you move a grace;

No time shall urge these beauties to decay,
While virtue gives what years shall steal away.

*JT ICKELL,

MARCH 11 .

Chicory - Prudent economy.

When any great designs thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner and the end.

J3ir jJ. Penham.

The wise with prudent thought provide
Against misfortune’s coming tide.

flTTACUS,

MARCH 12

China Aster .. Variety.

Between two worlds, life hovers like a star
’Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.
How little do we know that which we are!

How little what we may be ! The eternal surge
Of time and tide roles on, and bears afar
Our bubbles.

Pyron.

JLoLJJl. . JbeTisn/

MARCH 13

China Aster (double)

Bounty.

Large was Ms bounty, and Ms soul sincere;

Heaven did a recompense as largely send;

He gave to misery all he had—a tear;

He gain’d from heav’n—’twas all he wished, a friend.

pRAY.

MARCH 14

Chrysanthemum (White)

Truth.

The man that is not in the enemies’ pow’r,

Nor fetter’d by misfortune, and breaks promises.
Degrades himself; he never can pretend
To honour more.

(Sir Robert (Stapleton.

First, I would have thee cherish truth,
As leading-star in virtue’s train;

Folly may pass, .nor tarnish youth,
But falsehood leaves a poison-stain.

JSliza Pook,

MARCH 15

Chrysanthemum (Yellow) .. Slighted affections.

Soul, wilt thou love, where to love is losing?

Long wilt thou wander in ways that err;

Dally with hopes, that thy barren choosing
Finds fleeting as steps of a wayfarer.

Wilt thou not turn and say to her spirit,

Lo! I that love thee will love no more?

This is a hard thing that we inherit;

To love and to weep, lo! This is sore.

J3ARTON pREY.

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MARCH 19

Clover (Red)

Industry .

Like clocks, one wheel another on must drive—
Affairs by diligent labour only thrive,

pHAPMAN.

Shortly his fortune shall be lifted higher;
True industry doth kindle honour’s fire

Shakespeare,

MARCH 20

COBAEA .

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Talkers are no good doers; be assured
We go to use our hands, and not our tongues.

(Shakespeare.

i never with important air
In conversation overbear;

My tongue within my lips I rein;

For who talks much, must talk in vain.

Gay.

....- MARCH 21 J. ..

Coltsfoot . Justice shall be done to

Impartial justice holds her equal scales,

Till stronger virtue does the weight incline;

If over thee thy glorious foe prevails,

He now defends the cause that once was thine,

^RIOR.

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MARCH 22

Columbine ....... Folly.

His passion for absurdity’s so strong,

He cannot bear a rival in the wrong,

Thb’ wrong the mode comply: more sense is shown
In wearing other’s follies than our own.

Young.

Their passions move in lower spneres,

Where’er caprice or folly steers.

K £wift.

. MARCH 23 -

Coreopsis ... Always cheerful.

Let cheerfulness on happy fortune wait,

And give not thus the counter-time to fate.

Pryden.

At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up,

My hopes revive, and gladness dawns within me.

Ambrose Phillips.

.. MARCH 24 ..-

Coriander - Hidden qualities or worth.

Stand free and fast,

And judge him by no more than what you know
Ingeniously, and by the right-laid line
Of truth, he truly will all styles deserve.

Of wise, good, just; a man both soul and nerve.

pHIRLEY.

MARCH 25

Corn Flower . Worth above beauty.

’Tis not a set of features or complexion
The tincture of a skin I admire,

Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,

Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.

^cDDISON.

Beauty is excelled by manly grace,

And wisdom, which alone is truly fair.

JVIilton.

MARCH 26 ----

Coronilla . Success crown your wishes.

Our toils, my friends, are crown’d with sure success;
The greater part perform’d, achieve the less.

Pryden.

Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom courage;
Temper to that, and unto all success.

J3ir jj. Penham.

MARCH 27

Cotton Plant

Greatness.

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;—

PONGFELLOW.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance and in friendship burn.

^DDISOR,

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MABCH 28

Cranberry ....—-- Hardihood.

Let fortune empty all her quiver on me,

I have a soul that, like an ample shield,

Can take it all, and verge enough for more.

Pryden.

The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,

Shall never swag with doubt, nor shake with fear.

Shakespeare.

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Cress —

Stability.

Be thou the first, true merit to befriend;

His praise is lost who waits till all command.

Pope.

The fame that man wins himself, is best,
That he may call his own.

JdlDDLETON.

Without the stamp of merit, let none presume
To wear undeserved dignity.

(Shakespeare.

. ..- MARCH 30

Crocus (Spring).-..... Cheerfulness.

And her against sweet cheerfulness was placed,

Whose eyes like twinkling stars in evening clear
Were deck’t with smyles that all sad humors chased,

And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

(Spenser.

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast,

And ’tis that crowns a welcome.

JvIassinger.

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MARCH 31

Crown Imperial. Imperial power

Oh! covet not the throne and crown,

Sigh not for rule and state;

The wise would fling the scepter down,

And shun the palace gate.

JLliza pOOK.

He is a king,

A true, right king, that dares do aught, save wrong.

JdARSTON.

Ask nothing more of me, sweet;

All I can give you I give.

Heart of my heart, were it more
More would be laid at your feet:

Love that should help you to live,
Song that should spur you to soar.

I that have love and no more,

Give you but love of you, sweet:

He that hath more let him give;

He that hath wings, let him soar;

Mine is the heart at your feet,

Here that must love you to live.

jSwiNBURNE,

APRIL 1

Crowsfoot

Ingratitude.

True is that whilom that good poet said,
That gentle mind by gentle deed is known,
For man by nothing is so well bewray’d.

As by his manners in which plain is shown
Of what degree and what race he is grown.

Cyclamen

Diffidence.

M But cyclamen I choose to give,
yL Whose pale-white blossoms at the tips
(All else as driven snow) are pink,

'Vw; And mind me of her perfect lips;

Still, till this flower is kept and old,
Its worth to love is yet untold.

^NON.

APRIL 3

Daffodil

Regard.

Love is a sudden blaze which soon decays;
Friendship is like the sun’s eternal rays;
Not daily benefits exhaust the flame:

It still is giving, and still burns the same.

pAY.

70

APRIL 4

Dahlia (Double) ... . . Dignity.

Where ambition of place goes before fitness
Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow

Phapman.

I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities;

A still and quiet conscience.

{Shakespeare.

APRIL 5

Daisy (Dwarf Pink) .. Innocence.

The angels watch the good and innocent,

And where they gaze it must be glorious.

JWrs. JIale.

Happy the innocent whose equal thoughts
Are free from anguish as they are from faults.

)IValler.

APRIL 6

Daisy —.... Imiocence and beauty.

Innocent maid, and snow-white flower;

Well are ye pair’d in your opening hour;

Thus should the pure and lovely meet,

Stainless with stainless, and sweet with sweet.

)Vhittier.

78

The sunny days of childhood
In simple joys are passed;

And like the early summer flower,

Too frail and fair to last.

Yet memory, ever in delight,

Turns to those happy hours,

When skies above were ever bright.

The pathway strewn with flowers.

yj . ft. J1.AWRENCE.

APRIL 8

Daphne Odora. Sweets to the sweet.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,

To throw a perfume on the violet,

To smooth the ice, or add another hue

Unto the rainbow, or with taper light

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

JShakespeare.

APRIL 9

Dianthus (Indian Pink) . Make haste.

APRIL 10

Dipteracanthus Spectabilis —.. Fortitude.

True fortitude is seen in great exploits
That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides;

All else is towering phrensy and distraction.

^DDISON.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude,

Suffering yet hoping all things.

JdRS. JIemams.

APRIL 11 --—

Dock - 1 . - Patience.

O nothing rash, my sire! By all that’s good
Let me invoke thee—no precipitation.

PoLERIDGB.

Out of the depths of the soul comes sorrow;

But, out of the depths of these days that cease,

May come, like light ’round the feet of the morrow,
Love’s soft glory, our love’s calm peace.

^ARTON pREY.

- APRIL 12

Dogwood. ' . < . True nobility.

There still exists a rank which far transcends
The stars and coronets that shine in court:

It takes no sounding name to make men stare j
No blazoning heraldry proclaims its pomp ;

Its modest title is, plain honesty.

^LEX. jjELI-..

Dyer’s Weed (Reseda) ... Design.

Honest designs justly resemble our devotions,

Which we must pay, and wait for the reward.

JSlR JlOBERT jioWARD,

When men’s intents are wicked, their guilt haunts them,

But when they are just, they’re armed, and nothing daunts them.

JdlDDLETON.

APRIL 14 ---

Night. Blackness.
Fond man ! Through all the honors of your line
Bedeck your halls and round your galleries shine
In proud display, yet take this truth from me—•

Virtue alone is true nobility.

pIFFORD.

How poor are all hereditary honors,

Those poor possessions from another’s deeds,

Unless our own just virtues form our title,

And give a sanction to our fond assumption !

pHIRLEY.

--- APRIL 15

APRIL 10

Eglantine

Home.

’Tis sweet to hear the watchdog’s honest bark
Bay deep-mouth’d welcome as we draw near home;
’Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark
Our coming, and look brighter when we come.

^YRON.

Elder .

APRIL 17

. Jealousness.

In duty prompt at ev’ry call,

He watch’d and wept, he prayed and felt for all;
And as a bird each fond endearment tries
To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies,
He tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.

pOLDSMITH.

..— APRIL 18

Enchanter’s Nightshade _

. Sorcery.

If you can look into the seeds of time,

And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your favors, nor your hates.

{Shakespeare.

8o

APRIL 19

Endive ____ Medicine .

Men who suppress their feelings, but who feel
The painful symptoms they delight to heal;

Patient in all their trials, they sustain
The starts of passion, the reproach of pain;

With hearts affected, but with looks serene,

Intent they wait through all the solemn scene,

Glad if a hope should rise from nature’s strife
To aid their skill and save a lingering‘life.

pRABBE.

- APRIL 20 ---

Escallonia ....—-- Opinion.

Opinion is that high and mighty dame

Which rules the world; and in the mind doth frame

Distaste or liking; for, in human race,

She makes the fancy various as the face.

JdoWEL.

Let not opinion make thy judgment err;

The evening conquest crowns the conqueror.

JL.ADY ^LIMONY.

APRIL 21 ....

Eupatorium --- Delay.

Think not to-morrow still shall be your care;

Alas! to-morrpw like to-day will fare.

Reflect that yesterday’s to-morrow’s o’er,—

Thus one “ to-morrow ”, one “ to-morrow '* more,
Have seen long years before them fade away,

And still appear no nearer than to-day.

@)pM a^ ...

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Euphorbia ...

Reprove not in his wrath incensed man,

Good counsel comes clean out of season then;
But when his fury is appeas’d and past,

He will conceive his fault and mend at last.

Randolph.

-- APRIL 23 -

Eutoca---------- A gift.

I form’d for thee a small bouquet,

A keepsake near thy heart to lay,

Because ’tis there, I know full well
That charity and kindness dwell.

JVllSS pOULD.

And his gift though poor and lowly, it may seem to other eyes,
Yet may prove an angel holy, in a pilgrim’s guise.

■)Yhittier.

APRIL 24

. \our eyes are bewitching.

Nine things to sight required are:

The power to see, the light, the visible thing,

Being not too small, too thin, too nigh, too far,
Clear space and time, the form distinct to bring.

piR jJ. Pavies.

Her eyes, in heaven,

Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing, and think it were not night.

(Shakespeare.

APRIL 25

Fennel

Worthy all praise.

Nature did her so much right
As she scorns the help of art;
In as many virtues dight
As e’er yet embraced a heart.
So much good so truly tried,
Some for less were deified.

y/lLLIAM ^ROWKE,

APRIL 26

Flax

.—. Domestic industry.

Seek to be good, but aim not to be great;

A-woman’s noblest station is retreat;

Her fairest virtues fly from public sight;

Domestic worth—that shuns too strong a light.

J.ORD JfiYTTLETON.

What happiness the rural maid attends,

In cheerful labour while each day she spends,

pAY.

. APRIL 27 ...*

Flower-of-an-Hour . Trifling beauty.

Trust not too much to that enchanting face;

Beauty’s a charm, but soon the charm will pass.

P RYDER.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty dies;

Choose this face, changed by no difformities.

Ponne.

APRIL 28

Forget-me-Not

Forget me not.

There’s not a look, a word of thine
My soul hath e’er forgot;

Thou ne’er hast bid a ringlet shine,

Nor given thy locks one graceful twine,
Which I remember not.

JWoore.

APRIL 20

Jealousy.

French Marigold .

O Jealousy! thou merciless destroyer,

More cruel than the grave! what ravages
Does thy wild war make in noblest bosoms!

JWallet.

Foul jealousy! that tumest love divine
To joyless dread, ..

Of all the passions in the mind thou vilest art.

JSSpenser.

APRIL 30

Fuchsia

Grace .

Her laugh full of life without any control,

But the sweet one of gracefulness, rung from her soul;
And where it most sparkled no glance could discover.
In lip, cheek, or eyes, for she brightened all over.

Moore.

MAY 3

Gardenia

Refinement.

Her air, her manners, all who saw admired;
Courteous, though coy, and gentle though retired;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display’d,
And ease of heart her every look convey’d.

MAY 4

Gentian ... Intrinsic worth.

’Tis what the heart adores, where’er the eye
Doth rest, on ocean, earth, or in the sky;

For love ne’er worships willingly a blot,

But looks for what is pure, for what is fair,

For what is good, as heaven and angels are.

JSallie ft. j3ROCK.

MAY 5

Geranium (Oak-leaved).. True Friendship.

Friendship’s an abstract of love’s noble flame,

’Tis love refined, and purged from all its dross;

The next to angels’ love, if not the same;

As strong as passion is though not so gross:

It antedates a glad eternity,

And is a heaven in epitome.

Catherine Phillips.

93

Kindness.

And when the world looked cold on him,
And blight hung on his name,

She soothed his cares with woman’s love
And bade him rise again.

^cNON.

MAY 7

Geranium (Silver-leaved)

Recall.

I trust in thee, and know in whom I trust,
Or life or death is equal; neither weighs;

All weight is this: O let me live to thee!

Young.

Oh! emblem of that steadfast mind
Which, through the varying scenes of life,
By genuine piety refined,

Holds on its way midst noise and strife!

ft. NON.

-V 5 -

MAY 9

Gladiolus-*.... Ready-armed.

Impetuous, active, fierce, and young,

Upon the advancing foes he sprung.

Woe to the wretch at whom is bent
His brandish’d falchion’s sheer descent.

fSCOTT.

But now, so wise and waiy was the knight,

By trial of his former harms and cares,

That he decry’d, and shunned still his sight.

The fish that once was caught, new bait will hardly bite.

(Spenser.

-- may 10 -...

Globe Flower ______ Fancy.

Woe to the youth whom fancy gains,

Winning from reason’s hands the reins.

(Scott.

Not nobler are the hearts that work than hearts that only dream ;
For real, as the things that are, are all the things that seem.
The waters gleam among the hills, the mirage on the sands,
And yet alike both image forth the selfsame Maker’s hands.

Bruce JVIoore.

MAY 11

Glory Flower ..'.. Glorious beauly.

The beautiful are never desolate,

But some one always loves them.

Bailey.

Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes,

Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.

MAY 12

Goats’ Rue .

Reason.

Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled,
That they are not a pipe for fortune’s finger,

To sound what stop she please.

{Shakespeare.

Reason raise o’er instinct as you can,

In this ’tis God directs, in that ’tis man.

j^OPB,

... 5 MAY 13 . . . r - . .

Golden Bartonia .. Does he possess riches?

Think’st thou the man whose mansions hold
The worldling’s pride, the miser’s gold,

Obtains a richer prize

Than he who in his cot, at rest,

Finds heavenly peace a willing guest
And bears the earnest in his breast
Of treasure in the skies ?

JVIrs. {Sigourney.

MAY 14

Gourd .

. Extent. Bulk.

From the low earth round you,

Reach the heights above you;

From the stripes that wound you,

Seek the loves that love you.

God’s divinest burneth plain
Through the crystal diaphane
Of our loves that love you.

JSlizabeth ^arrett JIrowning,

' MAY 15

Grass

Utility.

Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way,

But to act that each to-morrow
Finds us farther than to-day.

J-iONGFELLOW.

Thus is Nature’s vesture wrought,
To instruct our wandering thought;
Thus she dresses green and gay,

To dispense our cares away.

Pyer,

MAY 10

Guelder Rose

Winter. Age.

So we grew together,

Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet a union in partition,

Two lovely berries mouled on one stem;

So with two seeming bodies, but one heart.

JShakespeare.

MAY 17

Hawkweed

Quick-sigh tedness.

Creatures there be of sight so keen and high
That even to the sun they bend their gaze;
Others who, dazzled by too fierce a blaze,
Issue not forth till evening veils the sky.

Petrarch,

J2.

MAY 18

Hawthorn .

Hoge.

And faith and hope and the spirit’s patience
Strengthen the heart and lighten the eyes.

Ah, soul! my soul! there is hope for the nations,
And God is holy and just and wise.

J3 ARTON pREY.

Solitude.

Heaths

The shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,

I better brook than flourishing, peopled towns:
There I can sit alone, unseen of any,

And to the nightingale’s complaining notes
Tune my distresses, and record my woes.

(Shakespeare.

MAY 20

Helenium -.

. Tears.

Thanji God, bless God, all ye who suffer not
More grief that ye can weep for. That is well—
That is light grieving! lighter, none befell,

Since Adam forfeited the primal lot.

Tears! what are tears? The babe weeps in its cot,
The mother singing,—at her marriage bell
The bride weeps,—and before the oracle
Of high-faned hills, the poet has forgot
Such moisture on his cheeks.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

MAY 21

Heliotrope (Peruvian). ., . Devotion.

In vain doth man the name of just expect,

If his devotions he to God neglect.

(Sir jj. Penham..

As earth pours freely to the sea
Her thousand streams of wealth untold,

So flows my silent life to thee,

Glad that its very sands are gold.

JIose Jerry.

MAY 22 —. . ..

Hellebore ---- Calumny. Scandal.

When sland’rous tongue thy honour stings,

This solace give thee rest:—

Whatever fruit the autumn brings,

The wasp will choose the best.

p. ft . )3urger.

.. MAY 23 . .. .

Hemp . ...Vr

What fate imposes, men must need abide j
It boots not to resist both wind and tide.

(Shakespeare.

Heav’n from all creatures hides the book of fate,

All but the page prescribed their present state.

Pope.

MAY 24

Hibiscus_.. Delicate beauty .

Blessed, thrice blessed days ! but ah ! how short!
Bless’d as the pleasing charms of holy men,

But fugitive, like those, and quickly gone.

O slippery state of things ! What sudden turns,

What strange vicissitudes, in the first leaf
Of man’s sad history! To-day most happy;

And ere to-morrow’s sun has set, most abject!

How scant the space between these vast extremes!

MAY 25

Holly . Foresight.

I love to view these things with curious eyes,

And moralize;

And in this wisdom of the holly tree
Can emblems see

Wherewith, perchance, to make a pleasant rhyme,

One which may profit in the after-time.

JlOBBRT (SOUTHEY,

MAY 26

Hollyhock (Mountain Laurel). Ambition.

Ambition is a spirit in the world,

That causes all the ebbs and flows of nations.

Prown.

Ambition is an idol on whose wings
Great minds are carved only to extreme:

To be sublimely great, or to -be nothing.

(Southern.

MA.Y 27

Honesty . Honesty.

The man who consecrates his hours
By vig’rous effort, and an honest aim,

At once he draws the sting of life and death;

He walks with Nature, and her paths are peace.

youNG.

An honest man is still an unmov’d rock,

Washed whiter, but not shaken with the shock.

Pavenport.

.. MAY 28 .

Honeysuckle . Affection.

I plucked a honeysuckle where

The hedge on high is quick with thorn,

And climbing for the prize was torn,

And fouled my feet in quag-water;

And by the thorns and by the wind
The blossom that I took was tliinn’d,

And yet I found it sweet and fair.

y NON.

. MAY 29 .

Honeysuckle (Coral) . Bonds of love.

Whose heart is at rest, he alone is a lover:

The winters shall change not, the storms leave unshaken,
Whose love shall endure, though all blossoms be taken,
Whose love shall endure when earth’s durance is over,
Whose love shall enfold, though the world have forsaken.

Edward Ellis.

MAY 31

Hoya . Sculpture.

So stands the statue that enchants the.world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.

Thompson.

Has fate o’erwhelmed thee with some sudden blow?
Let thy tears flow;

But know when storms are past, the heavens appear
More pure, more clear:

And hope, when farthest from their shining rays.

For brighter days.

Hast thou found life a cheat, and Worn in vain
Its iron chain ?

Has thy soul bent beneath earth’s heavy bond?

Look thou beyond;

If life is bitter —there for ever shine
Hopes more divine.

Adelaide T >rocter -

JUNE 1

Hoyabella, Houstonia -. Contentmefit.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head;

Not deck’d with diamonds or Indian stones,

Nor to be seen: my crown is call’d content;

A crown is it that seldom kings enjoy.

(Shakespeare.

. JUNE 2 .

Hydrangea ... Boasting.

This self-conceit is a most dangerous shelf
Where many have made shipwreck unawares;

He who doth trust too much unto himself,

Can never fail to fall in many snares.

. JSarl of (Sternline.

We rise in glory, as we sink in pride;

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Young.

112

Iceland Moss .......... Health.

The surest road to health, say what they will,

Is never to suppose we shall be ill.

Most of those evils we poor mortals know,

From doctors and imagination flow.

pHURCHILL,

Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,

Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.

J’ope.

june 4 —

Ice plant ...... Formality.

A moral, sensible, and well-bred man
Will not affront me, and no other can.

Powper.

Across the garden path she went,

Herself the sweetest flower there

She was the daughter of a King,

And bore herself right royally.

JvIary Bradley.

..-.•;. JUNE 5 .

Imbricata ... Uprighifiess.

A stalwart form, a manly part,

A fearless brow, an eye of truth,

A step as free as that of youth,

A presence fit for camp or court;

A knee a child would love to climb;

A face a woman needs must trust,

Quite free from guile and clean from lust,

Nor marred, though nobly marked by time.

JCate jJ, ji ILL,

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JUNE 6

Ipomopsis ..~-~-. Suspense.

O that man, might know

The end of this day’s business, ere it come !

But it sufficeth that the day will end,

And then the end is known.

(Shakespeare.

I’m on the rock;

For sure the greatest evil man can know,

Bears no proportion to this dread suspense.

^ROWDE.

. JUNE 7 ..

Imperial Montagne . Power.

My good blade carves the casques of men,

My tough lance thrusteth sure,

My strength is as the strength of ten,

Because my heart is pure.

Jennyson.

The star of the unconquered will,

He rises in my breast,

Serene, and resolute, and still,

And calm, and self-possessed.

JjONGFELLOW.

JUNE 8 -.-.

Ipomcea (Indian Jasmine)

Attachment

’Tis an attraction from all sense refined;

The good can only know it; ’tis not blind

As love is unto baseness; its desire

Is but with hands entwin’d to lift our being higher.

J^ERCIVAL.

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JUNE 9

Message. Messenger.

Give to a gracious message

An host of tongues; but let ill tidings tell

Themselves, when they be felt.

(Shakespeare.

Each mind is press’d, and open every ear,

To hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.

fAIRFAX.

JUNE 10 .

... Lasting Friendship. Marriage.

Ivy ...

Fast he stealeth on, though he wears no wings,
And a staunch old heart has he!

How closely he twineth, how tight he clings,
To his friend, the huge oak tree !

And slily he traileth along the ground,

And his leaves he gently waves, '

And he joyously twines, and hugs around
The rich mould of dead men’s graves,

Creeping where no life is seen,

A rare old plant is the ivy green.

Pharles Pickens.

JUNE 11

Ivy (Ground) . x. Enjoyment.

Joy is no earthly flower, nor framed to bear
In its exotic bloom life’s cold, ungenial air.

JJrs. JIemans.

Wise heaven doth see it as fit
In all our joy to give us some alloys,
As in our sorrows, comforts.

Jasmine (White) v..- Amiability.

Good humour only teaches charms to last,

Still makes new conquests, and maintains the past.

J’ope.

It is not mirth, for mirth she is too still;

It is not wit, which leaves the heart more chill,

But that continuous sweetness which with ease
Pleases all around it from the wish to please.

Jhb J'Iew Jimon.

JUNE 13

Jonquil . I desire a return of affection.

And canst thou not accord thy heart
In union with mine—

Whose language thou alone hast heard,

Thou only canst divine?

JIufus Pawes.

.-. JUNE 14

Juniper . Protection.

His home was known to all the vagrant train,

He chid their wanderings but reliev’d their pain;

The long-remembered beggar was his guest,

Whose beard descending swept his aged breast.

The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,

Claimed kindred there and had his claim allowed.

pOLDSMITH.

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JUNE 15

Justicia .... Female loveliness.

What’s female beauty, but an air divine,

Through which the mind’s all gentle graces shine?
They, like the sun, irradiate all between;

The body charms, because the soul is seen.

Young.

... JUNE 10 ....

Kennedia . *. . Menial beauty.

Mind, mind alone, (bear witness heaven and earth!)

The living fountain in itself contains
Of beauteous and sublime; here, hand in hand,

Sit paramount the graces; here enthron’d
Celestial Venus, with divinest airs,

Invites the soul to never-fading joy.

jAkenside.

JUNE 17

Kerantiiemum . Eternity.

The eternal life beyond the sky
Wealth cannot purchase, nor the high
And proud estate;

The soul in dalliance laid—the spirit
Corrupt with sin—shall not inherit
A joy so great.

jr'ROM the {Spanish.

*22

JUNE 18

Lady’s Slippers.

Reprove me not that still I change
With every changing hour.

For glorious Nature gives me leave
In wave, and cloud, and flower.

Frances {3. Psgood.

We vary from ourselves each day in mind,

. Nor know we in ourselves, ourselves to find.

JIeath.

. JUNE 19 .

Lake Flower .. . Retirement.

How much they err, who to their interest blind,

Slight the calm peace which from retirement flows!

And while they think their fleeting joys to bind,

Banish the tranquil bliss which heav’n for man design’d.

JVIrs. Jighe.

JUNE 20

Lantana . Rigour.

His eye

Had that compelling dignity,

His mien that bearing haught and high,

Which common spirits fear.

J3gott.

Men who their duties know,

But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain them.

{Sir. yV. jJones,

I2 4

Glory, like time, progression does require;
When it does cease t’ advance, it does expire.

J-.ORD PrRERY.

What is glory ? What is fame ?

The echo of a long-lost name;

A breath, an idle hour’s brief talk.

JdOTHERWELL.

JUNE 23

Laurestinus . I die if neglected.

Fair tree of winter! fresh and flowering,

When all around is dead and dry;

Whose ruby buds, though storms are lowering,

Spread their white blossoms to the sky.

Green are thy leaves, more purely green,

Through every changing period seen 5
And when the gaudy months are past,

The loveliest season is the last.

^NON.

JUNE 24

Lavender ....*----— Confession.

Thou art emblem of the friend,

Who, whatsoe’er our lot,

The balm of faithful love will lend,

And, true and constant to the end,

May die, but althr not.

(Strickland,

Human faults with human grief confess.

J^RIOR.

JUNE 25

Lemon Verbena . Forgiveness.

Forgive and Forget! Why the world would be lonely,
The garden a wilderness left to deform,

If the flowers but remember’d the chilling winds only
And the fields gave no verdure for fear of the storm.

Pharles (Swain,

’Tis easier for the generous to forgive
Than for offence to ask it.

'J'hompson.

JUNE 26

Lemon Blossoms . Discretion.

Consult your means, avoid the tempter’s wiles
Shun grinning hosts of urfreceipted files,

Let heaven-ey’d prudence battle with desire,

And win the victory, though it be through fire.

jJames y. Fields.

None pities him that’s in the snare,

And, warn’d before, would not beware.

JIerrick.

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JUNE 27

Lilac (Purple)

__ Awakening love.

Love hath, found me sitting lonely,
Whispered soft a charmed word;
Evermore my heart beats only
To the music of that word.|

p. JdAMLIN.

JUNE 28

Lilac (White) . Youthful innocence.

Fair sunbright scene !—

(Not sunny all—ah ! no)— I love to dwell,

Seeking repose and rest, on that green track,

Your farthest verge, along whose primrose path
Danced happy childhood, hand in hand with joy,

And dove-eyed Innocence (unawaken’d yet

Their younger sister Hope), while flowers sprang up,

Printing the fairy footsteps as they passed.

JylRS. pOUTHEY.

JUNE 29

Lily (Day)

Coquetry.

For such are the airs
Of the fanciful fairs, .

They think all our homage a debt,
Yet a partial neglect
Soon takes an effect,

And humbles the proudest coquette.

pyRoit.

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JULY 1

Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness.

Fair flower, that lapt in lowly glade,

Dost hide within the greenwood shade,

Thou whom the vernal gale

None fairer wakes, on bank, or spray,

Our England’s lily of the May,

Our lily of the vale ! JvIant.

JULY 2 -

Live Oak ....... Liberty .

O Liberty ! The prisoner’s pleasing dream,

The poet’s muse, his passion and his theme;

Genius is thine, and thou art Fancy’s muse;

Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse;
Heroic song from thy free touch acquires
Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires.

Powper,

-...'■- JULY 3

Loasa, Scilla. (Squill) ..

Pleasure with instruction should be joined;

So take the corn, and leave the chaff behind.

Pryden.

There rich varieties of joy,

Continual feast the mind;

Pleasures which fill, but never cloy.

Immortal and refined. „ -

"a'jfc'hrit S*

^NNE STEELE.

Pleasure.

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JULY 10

Lupine

Voraciousness.

Beyond the sense

Of light refection, at the genial board
Indulge not often; nor protract the feast
To dull satiety; till soft and slow
A drowsy death creeps on th’ expansive soul,
Oppress’d and smother’d the celestial fire.

Armstrong.

JULY 11

Love of nature.

Magnolia ...

I love thee for the blossoms and the bees,

The hills, the vales, the mountains, and the seas;
The winds, the clouds, the skies of azure blue
The moon, the stars, and planets circling through;
The earth, the sun, and everything that’s fair,
Above, below, all round and everywhere—

The soul, the mind, to their Creator call
To Him, the Father, First and Last of all.

JULY 12

Goodness.

Mallow

Man should dare all things that he knows are right,
And fear to do no act but what is wrong;

But guided safely by his inward light,

And with a permanent belief, and strong,

In Him who is our Father and our Friend j
He should walk steadfastly unto the end.

jPHCEBE PaREY.

JULY 13

Mallow Syrian --- Consumed by love .

Better to sit at the water’s birth,

Than a sea of waves to win,

To live in the love that floweth forth,

Than the love that cometh in.

Be thy heart a well of love, my child,

Flowing and free and sure;

For a cistern of love, though unde'filed,

Keeps not the spirit pure.

PEORGE JdACDONALD.

.. JULY 14 ..

Maple_____-. Reserve .

What need there is to be reserved in speech,

And temper all our thoughts with charity.

]^ORDSWORTH.

If maids be shy, he cures who can;

But if a man be shy—a man—

Why, then the worse for him!

jIean Jngeeow.

..- JULY 15 -

Marjoram (Sweet) ...— Blushes.

From every blush that kindles in thy cheek,

Ten thousand little loves and graces spring,

To revel in the roses.

JIowe.

It comes, it deepens—fades and dies
A gush of feeling from the soul.

^nne J^eyre Pinnies.

JULY 10

Maurandia ..... Courtesy.

A smile for one of mean degree,

A courteous bow for one of high,

So modulated both that each
Saw friendship in his eye.

JiENRY jj3. JIirst.

Study with care politeness, that must teach
The modish forms of gesture and of speech.

jSTILLINGFLEET.

.... JULY 17 -...•••

Mayweed -,----- Rumour,

The flying rumours gather’d as they roll’d;

Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told,

And all who told it added something new,

And all who heard it made enlargement too;

In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew.

J’OPE.

. . JULY 18 ——-

Mermaid Weed .. Necessity.

The pang that wrings the heart to-day,

Time’s touch will heal to-morrow.

JdRS. f.. f. ^LLET.

But dreadful is their doom whom doubt has driven
To censure fate, and pious hope forego:

Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven,
Perfection, beauty, life, they never know,

But frown on all that pass, a monument of woe.

JBeattie.

meemm

Michaelmas Daisy ...

... Farewell.

Short absence hurt him more,

And made his wound far greater than before;
Absence not long enough to root out quite
All love, increases love at second sight.

Jhomas ^Iay.

.*... JULY 20 -.r.—

Mignonette _ Your qualities surpass your charms .

This fragant bloom of garden birth,

So modest, yet persuasive—

Because the sweet it saps from earth
By fulness is invasive—

Is truest measure of my love, of all the flowers I’ve met—
Une “ herbe damour ”—fttite in girth
Delicious mignonette!

JJary f3. Podge.

JULY 21

Milkwort ---. Hermitage.

And let the aspiring youth beware of love,

Of the smooth glance beware; for ’tis too late,

When on his heart the torrent—softness pours.

T HOMPSON.

Mint

JULY 22

Virtue.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,

Like season’d timber never gives;

But, though the whole world turns to coal,
Then chiefly lives.

Peorge JIbrbert.

Virtue stands like the sun, and all which rolls around
Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect.

Pyron.

JULY 23

Obstacles to overcome.

Mistletoe

Our natures are like oil: compound us with anything.
Yet still we strive to swim upon the top.

^eaumont & ^Letcher.

Come, my soul, let us reason together;

Come, for the shadows darken ahead;

Care and sorrow tighten the tether,

Life’s sun through the mists grows dim and red.

j3ARTON pREY.

JULY 24

Knight-errantry.

Monkshood

A true knight,

Not yet mature, yet matchless, firm in word,

Speaking in deeds, and deedless in his tongue;

Not soon provoked, nor being provok’d, soon calm’d;
His heart and hand both open, and both free;

For what he has, he gives; what thinks, he shows;
Yet gives he not till judgment guide his bounty,

Nor dignifies an impure thought in breath.

(Shakespeare.

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JULY 25

Morning Glory .. Repose.

My heart is like the sleeping lake
Which takes the htie of cloud and sky,

And only feels its surface break
When birds of passage wander by.

f. LILLIS.

The cricket on the bank is dumb
The very flies forget to hum
And save the wagon rocking round
The landscape sleeps without a sound.

jlOHN pLARE.

..... JULY 26 .....

Mountain Ash —.. Prudence.

Look forward what’s to come, and back what’s past;
Thy life will be with praise and prudence graced;

What loss or gain may follow, thou mayst guess;

Thou then wilt be secure of the success.

J3ir jT. Penham.

Yet proud of parts, with prudence some dispense,
And play the fool because they’re men of sense.

youNG.

JULY 27 —.

Mourning Bride

Unfortunate attachment.

I have thrust away in silence each loving thought of you
I have laid at rest each memory so tender and so true;

I have prayed upon my bended knees for power to forget,
And the answer to that prayer is this :—I love you, love you yet!

Phristian plEID.

9MI

JULY 28

Musk Plant .... A meeting

The joy of meeting pays the pangs of absence
Else who could bear it?

JtowE.

When lovers meet in adverse hour
’Tis like a sun-glimpse through a shower,

A watery ray an instant seen,

Then darkly-closing clouds between.

(SCOTT.

JULY 29

Mustard Seed

Indifference.

Let me this fondness from my bosom tear;
Let me forget that e’er I thought her fair;
Come, cool indifference, and heal my ( breast;
Wearied, at length, I seek thy downy rest—
Nor all her arts my steady soul shall move
And she shall find indifference conquer love.

J^yttleton.

.... JULY 30 ....

Myrrh ....... Gladness.

My days pass pleasantly away,

My nights are blessed with sweetest sleep,

I feel no symptoms of decay,

I have no cause to mourn or weep;

My foes are impotent and shy,

My friends are neither false nor cold.

jJoHN. p. p AXE.

JULY 31

Myrtle

Love .

Love knoweth every form of air.

And every shape of earth;

And comes, unbidden, everywhere.

Like thought’s mysterious birth.

JL f. Willis.

A subtle, unbound power,

That slips the soul from its prison fair
And makes it buoyant and lighter than air.

p. ji. t.

Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours
For one lone soul another lonely soul,

Each chasing each through all the weary hours,

And meeting strangely at one sudden goal.

Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers,
Into one beautiful and perfect whole;

And life’s long night is ended, and the way
Lies open onward to eternal day.

j^DWIN ^RNOLD,

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AUGUST 1

Nasturtium ... Heroism.

O—you may call it madness, folly,—

You shall not chase my gloom away;

There’s such a charm in melancholy,

I would not, if I could, be gay!

JIogers.

What volumes have been swelled, what time been
To fix a hero’s birthday or descent. [spent,

Young.

AUGUST 2 ...h.,.

Nemophila —. Prosperity.

When fortune raiseth to the greatest height,
The happy man should most suppress his state,
Expecting still a change of things to find,

And fearing when the gods appear too kind.

JSlR JlOBERT JJoWARD.

■... AUGUST 3

Nettle (Burning) .. Slander.

Oh! many a shaft, at random sent.

Finds mark the archer little meant;

And many a word, at random spoken,

May soothe or wound a heart that’s broken.

JScott.

No falsehood shall defile my lips with lies
Or with a veil of truth disguise.

jSandys.

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Oak

august 4

The tall oak, towering to the skies,

The fury of the winds defies;

From age to age, in virtue strong,

Inured to stand and suffer wrong.

JdONTGOMERY.

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one;
Take honour from me, and my life is done.

(Shakespeare.

AUGUST 5

Oak Tree

Hospitality .

Therein he them full fair did entertain,

Not with such forged shows as fitter been _

For courting fools, that courtesies would faine.
But with entire affection and appearance plain.

(Spenser.

Oak (White)

AUGUST 0

Independence.

I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,

But to rejoice in splendour of mine own.

(Shakespeare.

O fear not in a world like this,

And thou shalt know ere long-—

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

JL.ONG FELLOW.

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AUGUST 7

Oats ...... Country life .

O how canst thou renounce the boundless store
Of charms which nature to her votary yields;
The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields.

J3eattie.

Oleander

AUGUST 8

. Beware .

Let no man know thy business save some friend,
A man of mind.

J3ailey.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

(Shakespeare.

AUGUST 9

Oleaster ..... Providence.

There, when the tangled web is all explained,

Wrong suffered, pain inflicted, grief disdained,

Man’s proud, mistaken judgments and false scorn,

Shall melt like mists before the uprising morn,

And holy truth stand forth serenely bright,

In the rich flood of God’s eternal light.

Mrs. Norton.

AUGUST 10

Olive

— Peace.

Lovely concord, and most sacred peace.

Doth nourish virtue, and fast friendship breeds;

Weak she makes strong, and strong things does increase,
Till it the pitch of highest praise exceeds.

JSPBNSER.

A Peace is of the nature of a conquest;
For then both parties nobly are subdued.
And neither party loses.

JShAKESPEARB.

AUGUST 11

Orange Flowers

Chastity.

Sweet beauty sleeps upon thy brow,
And floats before my eyes;

As meek and pure as doves art thou.
Or being of the skies.

JlOBERT JdORRIS.

..- AO GUST 12

Orange Tree . Generosity.

Such moderation with thy bounty join
That thou may’st nothing give that is not thine to give.

Penham.

A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts,

By heav’n to none but happy souls infused,

Pity it is that e’er thou wast abused.

Prayton.

AUGUST 13

Orchis

. A belle.

Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride,
Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide;
If to her share some female errors fall,

Look on her face, and you’ll forget ’em all.

J’ope.

AUGUST 14

Osier ..... Frankness.

He’ll suit his bearing to the hour,

Laugh, listen, learn or teach,

With joyous freedom in his mirth,

And candour in his speech.

JLliza pOOK.

OSMUNDA

AUGUST 15

.. Dreams.

Dreams are children of an idle brain.

Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,

Which is as thin of substance as the air,
And more inconstant than the wind.

Shakespeare.

To each and all a fair good night,

And rosy dreams, and slumber light.

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AUGUST 10

Patie7ice.

Ox-Eyes ....

You’ll love me yet!—and I can tarry
Your love’s protracted growing:

June reared that bunch of flowers you carry,

From seeds of April’s sowing.

You’ll look at least on love’s remains,

A grave’s one violet;

Your look?—that pays a thousand pains.

What’s death? You’ll love me yet!

JI.OBERT JrOWNING.

f --.- AUGUST 17 .

Oxalis - Parental affection .

Sweet is the image of the brooding dove!

Holy as heaven a mother’s tender love!

The love of many prayers, and many tears,

Which changes not with dim declining years,

The only love which, on this teeming earth,

Ask’s no return for passion’s wayward birth.

JVIrs. JIorton.

AUGUST 18

P AL M —.- ... Victory.

To do is to succeed—our fight
Is waged in Heaven’s approving sight—

The smile of God is victory.

JVhittier.

A General sets his army in array
In vain, unless he fight and win the day.

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Pansy

august 19

Thoughts.

Thoughts flit and flutter through the mind;
As o’er the waves the shifting wind;
Trackless and traceless is their flight,

As falling stars of yesternight,

Or the old tidemarks on the shore,

Which other tides have rippled o’er.

J3o WRING.

AUGUST 20

Parsley

Festivity.

Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown’d,

Where all the ruddy family around

Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail,

Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.

pOLDSMITH.

AUGUST 21

Passion Flower

Holy love.

We see Thy hand—it leads us, it supports us;

We hear Thy voice—it counsels and it courts us;
And then we turn away, and still Thy kindness

Forgives our blindness.

John J3o wring.

AUGUST 22

Pea (Sweet)----- Departure .

Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight—

With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white,

And taper fingers catching at all things,

To bind them all about with tiny rings.

John JCeats.

.-.- AUGUST 23 ....

Peach Blossom . I am your captive.

Tell me where thy strength doth lie;

Where the power that charms us so—

In thy soul, or in thine eye?

}Valler.

Then fly betimes, for only they
Conquer love that run away.

Parew.

AUGUST 24

Pentstemon ... High-bred.

Boast not these titles of your ancestors,

Brave youths, they’re their possessions not your own;
When your own virtues equall’d have their names,

’Twill be fair to lean'upon their fames,

For they are strong supporters.

J3en Johnson.

Some seek to salve their blotted name
With other’s blot, till all do taste of shame.

{Sir Sidney.

Periwinkle (Blue) _ Early friendship.

Friendship, our only wealth, our last retreat and strength.
Secure against ill-fortune and the world.

JIowb.

Lay this into your breast;

Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

yVEBSTER.

..- AUGUST 27 .-.—

Persimnion _ Amid Nature's beauties.

If thou art worn and hard beset
With sorrows that thou wouldst forget,

If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep
Thy heart from fainting, and thy soul from sleep,

Go to the woods and hills !—no tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

ilk

JwONGFELLOW.

AUGUST 28

Petunia _-. Keep your promises.

Let not thy tongue too often bind thy will,

To render deeds unto thy foe or friend,

For words once utter’d thou must erst fulfil,

Lest sweetest friendship have inglorious end.

P- T-

My deeds and speeches, Sir,

Are lines drawn from one centre; what I promise
To do, I’ll do.

Paniel.

..—.- AUGUST 29 —.-.

Phaseolus . Opportunity.

The golden opportunity
Is never offer’d twice; seize then the hour
When fortune smiles, and duty points the way.

Old Play.

The means that heaven yields must be embraced,

And not neglected; else, if heaven would.

And we will not, heaven’s offer we refuse,

The proffer’d means of succour and redress.

^Shakespeare.

AUGUST 30 .

Pi-ilox .........— ,1 --—. Unanimity.

Oh ! we will walk this world,

Yolk’d in all exercise of noble aim,

And so through those dark gates across the wild
That no man knows.

Jennyson.

Love’s soft sympathy imparts
That tender transport of delight
That beats in undivided hearts.

pARTWRICHT.

AUGUST 31

Pimpernel ... Mirih .

While her laugh, full of life, without any control
But the sweet one of gracefulness, rung from her soul,
And where it most sparkled, no glance could discover,

In lip, cheek, or eyes, for she brightened all over.

Like any fair lake that the breeze is upon,

When it breaks into dimples, and laughs in the sun.

JvIoore.

The bird that soars on highest wing
Builds on the ground her lowly nest;

And she that doth most sweetly sing,

Sings in the shade when all things rest.

The saint that wears heaven’s brightest crown,

In deepest adoration bends;

The weight of glory bows him down,

Then most, when most his soul ascends;

Nearer the Throne itself must be
The foot-sloot of humility.

pEORGE JlEnBERT.

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. Pity.

It is the secret sympathy,

The silver link, the silken tie,

Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
In body and in souj can bind.

jScott.

SEPT 2 -...

Pine-apple. You are perfect.

A spirit, pure and fine and true
As ever dwelt in human form :

A love as deep, as fond, as warm,

As ever loving woman knew.

)<ATE J. fllLl.

Finn and resolved by sterling worth to gain
Love and respect, thou shalt not strive in vain.

fsiR j3. JSridghs.

SEPT 3

Philosophy.

And when I stretched beneath the pines,

Where the evening star so holy shines,

I laugh at the love and the pride of man,

At the sophist schools, and the learned clan;

For what are they all in their high conceit,

When man in the bush with God may meet ?

JLmerson.

SEPT 4

Pine (Spruce) . Hope in adversity.

Walk boldly and wisely in that light thou hast;
There is a hand above will help thee on.

AILEY.

Who is it that will doubt
The care of heaven ? Or think th’immortal
Pow’rs are slow, ’cause they take the privilege
To choose their own time, when they will send
Their blessings down.

JAVENANT.

SEPT 5

Pink (Double Red). Pure and ardent love.

To keep one sacred flame
Through life unchilled, unmoved,

To love in wintry age

The same that first in youth we lov’d,

To feel that we adore
With such refined excess,

That tho’ the heart would break with more,

It could not live with less:

^NON.

SEPT 6

... Pure love.

For if there be a human tear
From passion’s dross refined and clear,

’Tis that which pious parents shed
Upon a duteous daughter’s head.

JScott.

SEPT 7

Pink (White) _. Talent.

A mind of broad and vigorous scope,

A penetration quick and keen,

An insight into things unseen,

A liberal dower of faith and hope.

JCate jJ. f{ IIX.

Think of her worth, and think that God did mean
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.

£ir. jJ. Pavies.

SEPT 8

Pitcher Plant..

. Instinct.

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield;
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field;

The art of building from the bee receive;

Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave.

Pope.

8EPT 10

Plum Tree ..I......._;. Fidelity ,

I had a friend that lov’d me—

I was his soul: he liv'd not but in me;

We were so close within each other’s breast
The rivets were not found that join’d us first.

Pryden.

SEPT 11

Plumbago ------ - Meekness .

Humility, that low, sweet root,

From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

JVIoore.

In the modesty of fearful duty,

I read as much as from the rattling tongue
Of saucy and audacious eloquence.

/Shakespeare.

- SEPT 12 «---

Pomegranate - - Lightning.

Through the air

Mountains of clouds, with lurid summits roll’d,

The lightning kindling with its vivid glare
Their outlines as they rose, heap’d fold on fold.

JSpes /Sargent.

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SEPT 13

Poplar (Black) __ Courage.

Commanding, aiding, animating all,

Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall.

f YRON.

True valour

Lies in the mind, the never-yielding purpose.
Nor owns the blind award of giddy fortune.

Jhompson.

SEPT 14

Poplar (White) . Time .

Desire not to live long, but to live well;

How long we live, not years, but actions tell.

y/ATKYNS.

Touch us gently, Time!

Let us glide down thy stream
Gently—as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream.

Pryan yV. Proctor,

SEPT 15

Poppy (White)

Sleep.

O magic sleep! O comfortable bird!

That broodest o’er the troubled sea of the mind
Till it is hush’d and smooth. O unconfined
Restraint! imprison’d liberty ! great key
To golden palaces—ay, all the world
Of silvery enchantment!

JCeats.

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Youth with swift feet walks onward in the way
The land of joy lies all before his eyes.

^Irs. Sutler.

...i- SEPT 17 -.—

Privet __ .... Defence.

His sword, edg’d with defence of right and honour,

Would pierce as deep as lightning, with that speed too ;
And kill as deadly.

J3EAUMONT AND ^LETCHER.

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defence;

The surest guard is innocence:

Quivers and bows and poison’d darts
Are only used by guilty hearts.

P-OSCOMMON.

SEPT 19

Quince —......— Allurement.

Temptations and trials, without and within,

From the pathway of virtue the spirit may lure;

But the soul shall grow strong in its triumphs o’er sin,
And the heart shall preserve its integrity pure.

J3url,eigh.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,

And tempts by making rich, not making poor.

J^OPE.

-.. SEPT 20 - : ..

Ragged Robin ... . Wit.

For nature never gave to mortal yet
A free and arbitrary power of wit;

But bound him to his good behaviour for’t,

That he should never use it to do hurt.

jSuTLER.

Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;

When cut by wit it casts a brighter beam;

Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.

youNG.

. SEPT 21 -.

Ranunculus . You are radiant with charms.

Said I she was not beautiful ? Her eyes upon your sight
Broke with the lambent purity of planetary light,

And as intellectual beauty, like a light within a vase,
Touch’d every line with glory of her animated face.

Willis.

SEPT 22

Reed . Music. Complaisance.

The Father spake ! In grand reverberations
Through space rolled on the mighty music tide,
While to its low, majestic modulations
The clouds of chaos slowly swept aside.

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And wheresoever in his rich creation

Sweet music breathes—in wave, or bird, or soul—
’Tis but the faint and far reverberation
Of that great tune to which the planets roll!

Frances Psgood.

SEPT 23 —

Rosebay (Rhododendron) .. Talking,

Unless thou find occasion, hold thy tongue;

Thyself or others careless talk may wrong.

(Sir jJ. Penham.

His air, his voice, his looks, and honest soul,

Speak all so movingly in his behalf,

I dare not trust myself to hear him talk.

/tDDISON,

.... SEPT 24 ....

Rhubarb ... Advice .

He lov’d his kind, but sought the love of few;

And valued old opinions more than new.

Park Penjamin.

Be silent always when you doubt your sense,

And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence.

Pope.

Know when to speak—for many times it brings
Danger, to give the best advice to kings,

Perrick,

HP >@6’

Roses (Cluster of Musk) .. Charming.

Light as the angel shapes that bless
An infant’s dream, yet not the less
Rich in all woman’s loveliness;

With eyes so pure, that from their ray
Dark vice would turn abash’d away.

JdOORE.

.—.-. SEPT 29 ..-.

Rose (Single).. Simplicity .

I was not born for courts or great affairs;

I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers.

jPopE.

A charm hast thou no forest flower can boast,

Thou little beaming herald of the spring !

ITow thrilled thy smile when on our rock-bound coast
The wearied pilgrims found thee blossoming!

ji. JL jJenks.

. SEPT 30

Rose (White, full blown) _ Secrecy.

Search not to find what lies too deeply hid;

Nor to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

JSiri jJ. Penham.

Well, read my cheek, and watch my eye,—

Too strictly school'd are they.

One secret of my soul to show,

One hidden thought betray.

Miss Landon,

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OCTOBER 1

Pure and lovely.

Oh ! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give !
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

^Shakespeare.

OCTOBER 2 .

Rose-bud (Moss)

. Confession of love.

I blush to think what I have said—

But fate has wrested the confession from me:
Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour;
Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee,
And make the gods propitious to our love.

_Addison.

OCTOBER 3 ---.

Rosemary-- Remembrance.

Between us day and night,

Wishing that I might always have
You present in my sight;

And when I cannot have,

(As I have said before,)

Then Cupid, with his deadly dart,

Doth wound my heart full sore. ,

fOEM, 1584.

OCTOBER 4

Roses (White and Red together) .. bniiy.

Have I a wish ? ’tis all her own ;

All hers and mine are rolled in one—

Our hearts are so entwined,

That like the ivy round the tree,

Bound up in closest amity,

’Tis death to be disjoined.

JLlNDLEY JVlURRAY.

*.OCTOBER 5 --

Rudbeckia. Justice .

Justice, when equal scales she holds, is blind,

Nor cruelty, nor mercy, change her mind:

When some escape for that which others die,

Mercy to those, to these is cruelty.

PenhaN.

What stronger breast-plate thou a heart untainted?
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.

(Shakespeare.

. r -.- OCTOBER 0 — ..

Rue. 7 . ........ .. Repen tance.

He that lacks time to mourn lacks time to mind;

Eternity mourns that. ’Tis an ill cure

For life’s worst ills, to have no time to feel them.

JIenry Jaylor.

Come, fair Repentance! daughter of the skies!

Soft harbinger of soon returning virtue !

The weeping messenger of grace from heav’n !

Brown.

OCTOBER *1

Sage_......._...___*.. Domestic virtue .

No single virtue could we most commend,

Whether the wife, the mother, or the friend;

For she was each in that supreme degree,

That as no one prevail’d, so all was she.

Pryden.

The sum of all that makes a just man happy,
Consists in the well choosing of his wife.

JvIassinger.

OCTOBER 8

Salvia (Blue) . Wisdom.

’Tis much he dares;

And to that dauntless temper of his mind,

He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour.

{Shakespeare.

What’s the brow,

Or the eye’s luster, or the step of air,

Or colour, but the beautiful links that chain
The mind from its rare elements.

y/iLEis.

. .-— OCTOBER 9 ...

Salvia (Red). Energy .

The keen spirit

Seizes the prompt occasion—makes the thought
Start into instant action, and at once
Plans and performs, resolves and executes!

JIannah JdoORE.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;

Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.

JIerrick.

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OCTOBER 10

Sassofras—.. Favour.

’Tis ever thus when favours are denied :

All had been granted but the thing we beg,

And still some great unlikely substitute,

Your life, your souls, your all of earthly good,

Is proffer’d in the room of one small boon.

jJ OH ANNA J3 AILLIE,

. OCTOBER 11 ----

Sensitive Plant (Mimosa). Bashful modesty .

So bright the tear in beauty’s eye,
Love half regrets to kiss it dry;

So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E’en pity scarce can wish it less.

Pyroh.

OCTOBER 12 ..-

Shamrock . Light-hearledness.

Whom call we gay! That honour has been long
The boast of mere pretenders to the name.

The innocent are gay—the lark is gay,

That dries his feathers saturate with dew
Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beam
Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest.

COWPER,

OCTOBER 13

Snapdragon ..._ Presumption, or “No

She thought, the count, my lover, is brave as brave can be ;

He surely would do wondrous things to show his love for me ;

“King, ladies, lovers, all look on; the occasion is divine; _ _

I’ll drop my glove, to prove my love ; great glory will be mine.’

She dropped her glove, to prove his love, then looked at him and smiled ;
He bowed, and in a moment leaped among the lions wild:

The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regained his place,

Then threw the glove, but not with love, right in the lady’s face.

“By Heaven!” said Francis, “rightly done!” and he rose from where he sat;
“No love,” quoth he, “but vanity, sets love a task like that.”

JL.EIGH JluNT.

OCTOBER 14 - ... ..

Snowball_ Thoughts of heaven.

Her thoughts were holy, saint-like,

Ever pointing to her God;

And sweetest orisons were uttered
By the lips beneath the sod.

So that queenly “snowball" blooming,

Was of her an emblem given ;

For its flower language whispers—

“ My thoughts are all of heaven.”

J^ucy (Sanford.

OCTOBER 15

Snowdrop -...

Plope.

Her precious pearl, in sorrow's cup,
Unmelted at the bottom lay,

To shine again, when, all drunk up,
The bitterness should pass away.

JdoORE.

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OCTOBER 16

Snowdrop Tree . Exhilaration.

I’d laugh to-day, to-day is brief!

I would not wait for anything;

I’d use to-day that cannot last.

Be glad to-day and sing.

PHRISTINA p. JIOSSETTI.

.-.. OCTOBER 17 .-.-

Southernwood ..; _ Jesting .

Perhaps the jest that charm’d the sprightly crowd,

And made the jovial table laugh so loud.

To some false notion owed its poor pretence.

fRIOR.

True wit is nature to advantage dress’d,

What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d;
Something, whose truth convinced at sight, we find;
That gives us back the image of our mind.

Tope.

.— OCTOBER 18

Speedwell... Female fidelity.

I love her for that loving trust
That makes the one she loves all just,

And faith that’s blind in loving;

A love that smiles away all tears,

And does not look beyond these years,

To see what love is proving.

p. p. p.

Nobility.

Night is the time when nature seems
God’s silent worshipper.

And ever with a chastened heart
In unison with her.

I lay me on my peaceful couch,

The day’s dull cares resigned,

And let my heart fold up like flowers
In the twilight of the mind.

{Sarah jJ. Plark.

OCTOBER 20 -...

Spider Ophrys .-..... Adroitness .

A mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands;

And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

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OCTOBER 22
Spiderwort --- Esteem , not love.

How much to be priz’d and esteem’d is a friend,

On whom we can always with safety depend!

Our joys, when extended, will'always increase,

And griefs, when divided, are hush’d into peace.

JVIrs. JVIargaret JSmith.

Take my esteem, if you on that can live;

But frankly, sir, ’tis all I have to give.

Pryden.

.....--- OCTOBER 23 ..

Stapelia ....-----... Offence.

Be not too ready to condemn

The wrongs thy brothers may have done;

Ere ye to harshly censure them

For human faults, ask : « Have I none ? ”

Pliza pOOK.

All’s not offence that indiscretion finds,

And dotage terms so.

(Shakespeare.

...- OCTOBER 24 ...

Starwort (American) . Welcome to a stranger.

He thought them folks that lost their way,

And asked them civilly to stay.

Prior,

The man their hearty welcome first expressed,

A common settle drew for either guest,

Inviting each his weary limbs to rest.

Pryden

OCTOBER 25

&T0CK .*. ; .*. Lasting beauty.

Beauty was lent to nature as the type
Of heaven’s unspeakable and holy joy.

JVIrs. JdALE.

Her dress, her shape, her matchless grace,

Were all observed, as well as heav’nly face;

With such peerless majesty she stands.

Pryden.

. •"-•••-.- OCTOBER 20 -,,I— .

Stock (Ten-week) ..1. . Promptitude.

Shun delays, they breed remorse;

Take thy time, while time is lent thee;

Creeping snails have weakest force,

Fly their fault, lest thou repent thee.

Good is best when soonest wrought;

Lingering labours come to naught.

pOUTHWELI..

. OCTOBER 27 .

Stonecrop .,.... Tranquillity.

Happy the life that in a peaceful stream,

Obscure, unnoticed, through the vale has flowed;

The heart that ne’er was charmed by fortune’s gleam
is ever sweet contentment’s blest abode.

Percival.

OCTOBER 28

Straw (Whole, Unbroken). Agreement.

You know my wishes ever yours did meet:

If I be silent, ’tis no more but fear
That I should say too little when I speak.

J-ADY pAKEW.

There are two hearts whose movements thrill
In unison so closely sweet,

That pulse to pulse, responsive still,

They both must heave—or cease to beat.

"Pahton.

.. OCTOBER 29 .........

Straw (Broken) —....— Broken contract.

Friendship is the cement of two minds,

As of one man the soul and body is;

Of which one cannot sever but the other
Suffers a needful separation.

pHAPMAN.

What thou art is mine ;

Our state cannot be sever’d; we are one,

One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.

JVllLTON.

—..OCTOBER 30 —---

Strawberry Blossom... Perfect goodness.

Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed;

Who does the best his circumstances allow
Does well, acts nobly, angels could do no more.

Young.

Howe’er it be, it seems to me,

’Tis only noble to be good;

Kind hearts are more than coronets,

And simple faith than Norman blood.

Jennyson.

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Splendour.

Floral apostles! that in dewy splendour
Weep without sin and blush without a crime,

O, may I deeply learn and ne’er surrender
Your love sublime!

Horace (Smith,

Is she not more than painting can express,

Or youthful poets fancy when they love?

JIowe.

Moan, oh ye Autumn Winds!

Summer has fled,

The flowers have closed their tender leaves and die;

The lily’s gracious head
All low must lie,

Because the gentle Summer now is dead.

Grieve, oh ye Autumn Winds!

Summer lies low;

The rose’s trembling leaves will soon be shed,

For she that loved her so,

Alas, is dead!

And one by one her loving children go.

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NOVEMBER 1

Summer Savory ... Success.

Success, the mark no mortal wit,

Or surest hand, can always hit;

For, whatsoe’er we perpetrate,

We do but row, we're steered by fate.

Sutler.

. NOVEMBER 2 .

Sunflower (Tall) . Lofty thoughts. Haughtiness .

There is a region loftier far
Than sages know or poets sing—

Brighter than summer’s beauties are
And often than the tints of sping.

There is a world with blessings blest,

Beyond what prophets e’er foretold;

Nor might the tongue of angel guest
A picture of that world unfold.

^KON.

... NOVEMBER 3

Sunflower (Dwarf)

Adoration.

Do not idolatrize; beauty’s a flower,

Which springs and withers almost in an hour.

William ^Smith.

Cast down thyself, and only strive to raise;

The glory of thy Maker’s sacred name;

Use all thy powers that bless’d name to praise,
Which gives the power to be and use the same.

fSiR jl. Pavies.

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NOVEMBER 4

Star of Bethlehem ... Reconciliation.

Well do vanish’d frowns enhance
The charms of every brighten’d glance,

And dearer seems each dawning smile
For having lost its light awhile.

JdooRE.

I would have my love

Angry some times, to sweeten off the rest

Of her behaviour.

J3en jJohnson.

----- NOVEMBER 5 -

Star Flower

— Reciprocity.

Let us love now in this our fairest youth
When love can find a full and fond return.

Bercival.

Where heart meets heart reciprocally soft,

Each other’s pillow to repose divine.

Young.

Sweet Basil

NOVEMBER 6

.... Good wishes.

Soft be the sleep of their pleasant hours,

And calm be the seas they roam !

May the way they travel be strewed with flowers,
Till it bring them safely home!

Oliver Jwiss

Take this in good part, whatsoever thou be,

And wish me no worse than I wish unto thee.

Jusser,

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NOVEMBER 7

Sweet Flag -..------- Fitness.

On hanging cobwebs shone the dew,

And thick the wayside clovers grew ;

The feeding bee had much to do
So fast did honey drops exude :

She sucked and murmured and was gone,

And lit on other blooms anon,

The while I learned a lesson on
The source and sense of quietude.

jJean Jngelow,

• -..—~ NOVEMBER 8 ....

Sweet Sultan .... Felicity.

And may the stream of thy maturing life
For ever flow, in blissful sunlight through
A fairy scene with gladsome beauty rife,

As ever greeted the enraptur’d view!

fi. y/. JlONEY.

...... NOVEMBER 9 -.*.

Sweet William . . Gallantry.

A kindly speech; a cordial voice;

A smile so quick, so warm, so bright,

It speaks a nature full of light.

Fate jJ. F 1LL *

So gently blending courtesy and aft,

That wisdom’s lips seem’d borrowing friendship’s heart.

p. Holmes.

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SWEETBRIER

NOVEMBER 10

..:___ I wound, to heal.

We look before and after,

And sigh for what is not.

Our sincerest laughter

With some pain is fraught;

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought;

{Shelley.

t

--- NOVEMBER 11 .

Sweet-scented Clover - Philanthropy.

In faith and hope the world will disagree,

But all mankind’s concern is charity;

All must be false that thwart this one great end 1
And all of God that bless mankind or mend.

J^OPE.

The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;

The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,

Are scatter’d at the feet of man, like flowers.

]iV0EDSWORTH.

...---- NOVEMBER 12 ----

Sycamore ----- Curiosity.

Curiosity who hath not felt

Its spirit, and before its altar knelt ?

{Sprague,

The enquiring spirit will not be controll’d;
We would make certain all, and all behold.

{Sprague,

The over-curious are not over-wise.

JVIassinger,

NOVEMBER 16

Thrift .

Sympathy.

Like the sweet, melody which faintly lingers
Upon the wind-harp’s strings at close of day,
When gently touched by evening’s dewy fingers,
It breathes a low and melancholy lay,

So the calm voice of sympathy me seemeth;
And while its magic spell is round me cast,

My spirit in its cloistered silence dreameth,

And vaguely blends the future with the past.

JvIrs. JSmbury.

NOVEMBER 17

Thyme

Activity.

Never change thy mind,

If aught obstructs thy course, yet stand not still
But wind about till thou hast top’d the hill.

Penham.

Run, if you like, but try to keep your breath;
Work like a man, but don’t be worked to death.

p. y/. JIolmes.

NOVEMBER 18

Tiger Flower . Pride befriend me.

Spite of all the fools that pride has made,

’Tis not on man a useless burthen laid;

Pride has ennobled some, and some disgraced;

It hurts not in itself, but as ’tis placed;

When right, its views know none but virtue’s bound;
When wrong, it scarcely looks one inch around.

jSTILL.INGFI.EET.

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NOVEMBER 19

Traveller’s Joy.... *

Good I would now repay with greater good
Remain within—trust to thy household gods
And to my word for safety, if thou dost
As I now counsel—but if not, thou art lost

53yron.

NOVEMBER 20

Trumpet Flower

- Fame.

The fame that man wins himself is best;

That he may call his own: honours put on him
Make him no more a man than his clothes do,
Which are soon ta’en off; for in the warmth
The heat comes from the body, not the weeds;

So man’s true fame must strike from his own deeds.

JdlDDLETON.

NOVEMBER 21

Tuberose

. Voluptuousness ,

So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make,
E’en Juno did unwilling pleasure take
To see so fair a rival.

Pryden.

It hung and breathed such soul-dissolving airs.

As did, alas ! with soft perdition please;
Entangled deep in its enchanting shares,

The listening heart forgot all duties and all cares.

Jhompson.

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NOVEMBER 22

Tulip (Red) . ........_ Declaration of love.

I dare not linger near thee as a brother,

I feel my burning heart would still be thine;

How could I hope my passionate thoughts to smother,
When yielding all the sweetness to another
Which should be mine.

^MELIA J3. yVELBY.

.... NOVEMBER 23 .

Turnip.... Charity.

^Vouldst thou from sorrow find a sweet relict
Or is thy heart oppress’d with woe untold: ^

Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief,

Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold.

Parlos )Vilcox.

Let shining charity adorn your zeal,

The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.

^:ARON fill-t..

.—„- NOVEMBER 24 .

Valerian . Obliging disposition.

Can I yield you blessings? says the friendly heart
Fear not X am poorer, though I much impart.

Wherefore should you thank me ? giving is my need;
Love that wrought none comfort, sorrow were indeed.

JwUCY J.ARCOM.

Devoted, anxious, generous, void of guile,

And with her whole heart’s welcome in her smile.

Mrs. JSIorton.

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NOVEMBER 25

Venus’s Car

Fly with me.

She will, and she will not—she grants, denies
Consents, retracts, advances, and then flies.

pRANVILLE.

To meditate, to plan, resolve, perform,
Which in itself is good—as surely brings
Reward of good, no matter what be done.

fOLLOCK.

NOVEMBER 20

Venus’s Looking-Glass

Flattery ,

Praise too dearly lov’d, or warmly sought,
Enfeebles all internal strength of thought:
And the weak soul within itself unblest,
Leans for all pleasure on another’s breast.

November 27

Dearly bought, the hidden treasure
Finer feelings can bestow !

Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure,
Ihrill the deepest notes of woe.

}3urns.

She gazed, and in the tender flush

That made her face like roses blown,

Anri in __ . 7

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And m the radiance and the hush
Her thought was shown.

jJean Jngelow.

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NOVEMBER 28

Violet (Blue). Faithfnines.

The task befits thee well,

To gather firmness as the tempests swell
Around me still, companion, wife and friend,
To cling in fond endurance to the end.

yicTOR JIugo.

Violet (Sweet).

NOVEMBER 29

Modesty.

Modesty’s the charm
That coldest hearts can quickest warm ;

Which all our best affections gains,

And gaining, ever still remains.

J’aulding,

The violet droops its soft and bashful brow.

But from its heart, sweet incense fills the air;

So rich within—so pure withal—art thou,

With modest mien and soul of virtue rare.

J«1rs. Psgood.

- NOVEMBER 30 -..

Virgin’s Bower ....... Filial affection.

’Twas the earliest link in love’s warm chain—

’Tis the only one that will long remain :

And as year by year, and day by day,

Some friend still trusted drops away,

Mother ! dear mother ! Oh ! dost thou see
How the shortened chain brings me nearer thee ?

Willis.

DECEMBER 1

Virginia Creeper ... 1 cling to you both

in sunshine and shade.

Give me the lowest place: or if for me
That lowest place too high, make one more low
"Where I may sit and see
My God, and love Thee so.

Phristina Rossetti.

. DECEMBER 2 .

Vise aria Oculata - Will you dance with me ?

A whisper broke the air,

A soft light tone, and low,

Yet barb'd with shame and woe
And so it wander’d round
From ear to lip, from lip to ear,
Until it reach’d a gentle heart,

And that —it broke I

JL. p. Random.
- DECEMBER 3 .

Walnut ..... Intellect.

The mind of man is this world’s true dimension;
And knowledge is the measure of the mind:

And as the mind in her vast comprehension
Contains more worlds than all the world can find,
So knowledge doth itself far more extend
Than all the minds of man can comprehend.

J-OR.D ^ROOKE.

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DECEMBER 4

Walnut (White) .. 1 Understanding,

Mind, despatched upon the busy toil,

Should range where Providence has blessed the soil;
Visiting every flower with labour meet,

And gathering all her treasures sweet by sweet,

He should imbue the tongue with what she sips,

And shed the balmy blessings on the lips,

That good diffused may more abundant grow
And speech may praise the power that bids it flow.

pOWPER.

DECEMBER 5

Wallflower

. fidelity in misfortune.

Oh! if there be an elysium on earth, it is this:
When two that are linked in one heavenly tie,
Love on through all ills, and love on till they die.

JvIoore.

Oh ! let my friendship in the wreath
Though but a bud among the flowers
Its sweetest fragrance ’round thee breathe—
’Twill serve to soothe thy weary hours.

JvIrs. )Velbv.

DECEMBER 6

Watcher by the Wayside . Never despair.

And thus with man :

However contrary be set his heart
To God, he is but working out His will,

And at an infinite angle, more or less
Obeying his own soul’s necessity.

JSailey.

When fear admits no hope of safety, then
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.

JIerrick.

DECEMBER 7

Water-Lily . Purity of heart.

Bright Lily of the wave !

Rising in fearless grace with every swell.

Thou seem’st as if a spirit meekly brave
Dwelt in thy cell.

What is like thee, fair flower,

The gentle and the firm ? thus bearing up
To the blue sky that alabaster cup,

As to the shower.

jA NON.

- DECEMBER 8 ....

Water-Melon - Bulkiness.

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon !
This sea that bears her bosom to the moon ;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

It moves us not.

Wordsworth.

.... DECEMBER 9 ....

Wax Plant --- - Susceptibility.

Win her with gifts, if she respects not words;

Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind,

More quick than words do move a woman’s mind.

(Shakespeare.

She prizes not such trifles as these are :

The.gifts she looks from me are packed and locked
Up in my heart, which I have given already,

But not delivered.

(Shakespeare,

DECEMBER 10

Riches .

Abundance is a blessing to the wise;

The use of riches in discretion lies;
learn this, ye men of wealth—a heavy purse
In a fool’s pocket is a heavy curse.

pUMBERLAND.

Riches, like insects, while concealed they lie,
Wait but for wings, and in their seasons fly.

Pofe.

DECEMBER 11

Anger .

Whin

The angry word suppress’d, the taunting thought;
Subduing and subdu’d, the petty strife
Which clouds the colour of domestic life;

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs,
From the large aggregate of little things;

On these small cares of daughter, wife or friend,
The almost sacred joys of home depend.

JIannah JVIoore.

DECEMBER 12

. Good nature.

White Mullein

He keeps his temper’d mind serene and pure,
And ev’ry passion aptly harmonized,

Amid a jarring world.

THOMPSON.

Though time her bloom is stealing,
There’s still beyond his art—

The wild-flower wreath of feeling,
The sunbeam of the heart.

jdALEECK.

DECEMBER 13

White Rose (dried) . Death preferable to

loss of innocence .

Come back ! ye friendships long departed!

That like o’erflowing streamlets started,

And now are dwindled, one by one.

To stony channels in tie sun!

Come back ! ye friends, whose lives are ended,

Come back, tvith all that light attended,

Which seemed to darken and decay
When ye arose and went away !

J.ONG FELLOW.

~.... DECEMBER 14 --—

Whortleberry . Treason.

Treasure love, though ready
Still to live without;

In your fondest trust, keep
Just one thread of doubt.

Build on no to-morrow,

Love has but to-day;

If the links seem slackening
Cut the bond away.

Adelaide J’roctbr.

—.-. DECEMBER 15 .

Willow (Creeping) .

.— Love forsaken.

Lay a garland on my hearse
Of the dismal yew;

Maidens, willow branches bear;

Say, I died true.

My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth.

Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth.

^EAUJIONT AND J'leTCHER.

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DECEMBER 10

Naught is more honourable to a knight.
Nor better doth beseem brave chivalry,
Than to defend the feeble in their right,

And wrong redress in such as wend awry.

...- DECEMBER 17 -

Willow (Weeping)- Mourning .

Oh! Lady, twine no wreath for me
Or twine it of the cypress tree!

Too lively glow the lilies light,

The varnished holly’s all too bright;

The may-flower and the eglantine
May shade a brow less sad than mine j
But, Lady, twine no wreath for me,

Or weave it of the cypress tree.

(Sir y /. JScott.

DECEMBER 18

Willow (Herb)

Pretension.

Nothing resting in its own completeness
Can have worth or beauty : but alone
Because it leads and tends to farther sweetness
Fuller, higher, deeper than its own.

is only bright when it proceedeth
'ard a truer, deeper life above;
nan love is sweetest when it leadeth
a more divine and perfect love.

Adelaide ■P ROCTE R-

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DECEMBER 19

Willow (French) . Bravery and humanity .

The brave man is not he who feels no fear,

For that were stupid and irrational;

But he whose noble soul its fear subdues,

And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from-

jlOANNA )3 aILLIE.

I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

(Shakespeare.

DECEMBER 20

Winter Cherry _. Deception.

It often falls, in course of common life,

That right long time is overborne of wrong,

Through avarice, or power, or guile, or strife,

That weakens her, and makes her party strong;

But justice, though her doom she do prolong,

Yet at the last she will her own cause right.

(Spenser.

DECEMBER 21 .

. Welcome , fair stranger.

Wisteria

There’s not a fibre in my trembling frame,

That does not vibrate when thy step draws near;
There’s not a pulse that throbs not when I hear
Thy voice, thy breathing, nay, thy very name.

Frances' Ji . J3utl.er.

A hundred thousand welcomes ! I could weep,

And I could laugh; I am light and heavy ; welcome.

(Shakespeare.

Witch-Hazel_...... Witchery<

Our witches are no longer old
And wrinkled beldames, Satan-sold,

But young and gay and laughing creatures,

With the heart’s sunshine on their features;

Their sorcery—the light which dances
When the raised lid unveils its glances.

)Vhittier.

DECEMBER 23

Woodbine

Fraternal love.

Earth of man the bounteous mother,

Feeds him still with com and wine;

He who best would aid a brother
Shares with him these gifts divine.

jJohn (Stirling.

-. DECEMBER 24 ------

Wood Sorrel... !, _____ Joy .

Oh ! why delight to wrap the soul
In pall of fancied sadness ?

’Twere best be merry while we live.

And paint our cheeks with gladness;

What if hope tells a “ flattering tale,”

And mocks us by deceiving,

’Tis better far to be content,—

There’s nothing made by grieving.

J.. J-ABREE.

—

DECEMBER 25

Wormwood ....

Absence.

Ye flowers that droop, forsaken by the spring;
Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing;
Ye trees that fade when autumn heats remove:
Say, is not absence death to those who love?

PoPE.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years;
And every little absence is an age,

Pryden,

DECEMBER 26

Rudeness.

Xanthium

Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
ct Be bold ! be bold ! ” and everywhere—“ Be bold
Be not too bold! ” Yet better the excess
Than the defect; better the more than less;

Better like Hector in the field to die,

Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.

DECEMBER 27

Xeranthenum . Cheerfulness under adversity .

O pusillanimous heart, be comforted,

And like a cheerful traveller take the road,
Singing beside the hedge. What if the bread
Be bitter in thine inn, and thou unshod
To meet the flints ? At least it may be said,

‘ Because the way is short, I thank thee, God. ’

p. p. PrOWNING.

DECEMBER 28

Sorrow.

Past sorrows, let us mod’rately lament them :
For those to come, seek wisely to prevent them.

y<*'eBSTER,

Sorrow for past ills doth restore frail man
To his first innocence.

J'Jabb.

DECEMBER 29 ---

Yucca -

Authority.

Not from gray hairs authority doth flow,

Nor from bald heads, nor from a wrinkled brow;
But our past life, when virtuously spent,

Must to our age those happy fruits present.

Pbnham.

.-.. DECEMBER 30 ---

Zephyr Flower .....—.— Anticipation .

In our hearts fair hope lay smiling
Sweet as air, and all beguiling;

And there hung a mist of bluebells on the slope and down

the dell;

And we talked of joy and splendour
That the years unborn would render,

And the blackbirds helped us with the story, for they knew it well.

Jean Jngelow.

DECEMBER 31

Zinnia .... Jhoughis of absent friends.

Oh Absence ! by thy stern decree,

How many a heart, once light and free,

Is filled with doubts and fears !

Thy days like tedious weeks do seem,

Thy weeks slow-moving months we deem,

Thy months long-lingering years.

jJ. J . }Vatsoh.

Tears running down the track of buried smiles;

Time’s shades condensed into the sable pall ;
Hope that deserts, and gladness that beguiles—
Are these, then, all ? '

All thou canst give to me,

Humanity ?

I saw a spirit dart ’twixt Earth and Heaven,
Holding a cup in both hands lest it fall—

O friends ! a mournful life to us were given
If Earth were all!

But He who lives for aye hath looked on thee.
Humanity.

/tUBREY Pe yERB.

Jhe Language of ^lowers,

Abecedary Volubility.

Abatine Fickleness.

Acacia Friendship.

Acacia, Pink or White Elegance.
Acacia, Yellow Secret love.

Acanthus Fine Arts. Artifice.
Acalia Temperance.

Achillea Millefolia War.

t conite (Wolfsbane) Misanthropy.
Aconite, Crowfoot Lustre.

Adonis, Flos Sorrowful Remem¬
brance.

African Marigold Vulgar minds.
Agnus Castus Coldness. Indifference.
A grimony Thankfulness. Gratitude.
Almond (Common) Stupidity.

Indiscretion.
A lmond (Flowering) Hope.

Almond, Laurel Perfidy.

Allspice Compassion.

Aloe Grief. Religious superstition.
Althaea Frutex (Syrian Mallow)

Persuasion.
Alyssum(Sweet) Merit before beauty.
Amaranth (Globe) . Immortality.

Unfading love. I change not.
Amaranth (Cockscomb) Foppery.

Affectation.

Amaryllis Pride. Timidity. Splendid
beauty.

Ambrosia Love returned.

American Cowslip Divine beauty.

American Elm Patriotism.

American Linden Matrimony.

American Starwort Welcome to a

Stranger. Cheerfulness in old age.
Amethyst . Admiration.

Anemone (Zephyrflower) Sickness.

Expectation.

Anemone (Garden) Forsaken.
Angelica Inspiration.

Angrec Royalty.

Apple Temptation.

Apple (Blossom) Preference. Fame
speaks him great and good.
Apple, Thorn Deceitful charms.
Apocynum (Dogsbane) Deceit.
Apricot Doubt.

Arum (Wake Robin) Ardour.

Ash-leaved Trumpet Flower. Sepa¬

ration.

Ash Tree Grandeur.

Aspen Tree Lamentation.

Aster (China) Variety. Afterthought.
Asphodel My regrets follow you to
the grave.

Auricula Painting.

Auricula, Scarlet Avarice.

Austurtium Splendour.

Azalea Temperance.

* * *
Bachelor’s buttons Celibacy.

Balm Sympathy.

Balm, Gentle Pleasantry.

Balm of Gilead Cure. Relief.

Balsam, Red Touch me not. Im¬
patient resolves.
Balsam, Yellow Impatience.

Barberry Sourness of temper.
Barberry Tree Sharpness.

Basil ( Hatred.

Bay Leaf ' I change but in death.
Bay (Rose) Rhododendron Danger.

Beware.

Bay Tree Glory.

Bay Wreath Reward of merit.
Bearded Crepis Protection.

Beech Tree Prosperity.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLC

Bee Orchis Industry.

Bee Ophrys Error.

Belladonna Silence.

Bellflower, Pyramidal Constancy.
Bellflower (small white) Gratitude.
Belvedere I declare against you.
Betony Surprise.

Bilberry Treachery.

Bindweed, Great Insinuation.
Bindweed, Small Humility.

Birch Meekness.

Birdsfoot Trefoil Revenge.

Bittersweet; Nightshade Truth.
Black Poplar Courage.

Blackthorn Difficulty.

Bladder Nut Tree Frivolity.

Amusement.
Bluebottle (Centaury) Delicacy.

Bluebell Constancy.

Blue-flowered Greek Valerian

Rupture.

Bonus Henricus Goodness.

Borage Bluntness.

Box Tree Stoicism.

Bramble Lowliness. Envy. Remorse.
Branch of Currants You please all.
Branch of Thorns Severity. Rigour.
Bridal Rose Happy love.

Broom Humility. Neatness.

Buckbean Calm repose.

Bud of White Rose Heart ignorant
of love.

Bugloss Falsehood.

Bulrush Indiscretion. Docility.

Bundle of Reeds, with their Panicles
Music.

Burdock Importunity. Touch me not.
Buttercup (Kingcup) Ingratitude.

Childishness.
Butterfly Orchis Gaiety.

Butterfly Weed Let me go.

Calla /Ethiopica Magnificent beauty.
Calycantbus Benevolence.

Camellia Japonica, Red Unpreten¬
ding excellence.
Camellia Japonica, White Perfected
loveliness.

Camomile Energy in adversity.
Canary Grass Perseverance.

Candytuft Indifference.

Canterbury Bell Acknowledgment.
Cape Jasmine I'm too happy.
Cardamine Paternal error.

Carnation, Deep Red Alas! for my
poor heart.

Carnation, Striped
Carnation, Yellow

Cardinal Flower
Catchfly
Catchfly, Red
Catchfly, White
Cedar

Cedar of Lebanon
Cedar Leaf
Celandine (Lesser)
Cereus (Creeping)
Centaury
Champignon
Chequered Fritillary

Refusal.
Disdain.
Distinction.
Snare.
Youthful love.
Betrayed.
Strength.
Incorruptible.
I live for thee.
Joys to come.
Modest genius.
Delicacy.
Suspicion.
Persecution.

Cabbage

Cacalia

Cactus

Profit.

Adulation.

Warmth.

Cherry Tree Good education.

Cherry Tree, White Deception.
Chestnut Tree Do me justice.

Luxury.

Chickweed Rendezvous.

Chicorv Frugality.

China Aster Variety.

China Aster (Double) I partake your
sentiments.

China Aster(Single) I will think of it.
China or Indian Pink Aversion.
China Rose Beauty always new.
Chinese Chrysanthemum Cheerful¬
ness under adversity.
Christmas Rose Relieve my anxiety.
Chrysanthemum, Red I love.

Chrysanthemum, White Truth.

Chrysanthemum, YellowSfigdWecffoue.

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Cinquefoil Maternal affection.
Circaea Spell.

Cistus, or Rock Rose Popular favour.
Cistus, Gum I shall die to-morrow.
Citron Ill-natured beauty.

Clematis Mental beauty.

Clematis, Evergreen Poverty.

Clotburn Rudeness. Pertinacity.
Cloves Dignity.

Clover, Four-leaved Be mine.

Clover, Red Industry.

Clover, White Think of me.

Cob sea Gossip.

Cockscomb Amaranth Foppery.

Affectation. Singularity.
Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron My
best days are past.
Coltsfoot Justice shall be done.

Columbine Folly.

Columbine, Purple Resolved to win.
Columbine. Red Anxious and

trembling.

Convolvulus Bonds.

Convolvulus, Blue (Minor) Repose.

Night.

Convolvulus (Major) Extinguished
hopes.

Convolvulus, Pink Worth sustained
by affection.
Corchorus Impatient of absence.

Coreopsis Always cheerful.

Coreopsis Arkansa Love at first sight.
Coriander Hidden worth.

Corn Riches.

Corn (Broken) Quarrel.

Creeping Cereus Horror.

Cress Stability. Power.

Crocus Abuse not.

Crocus, Spring Youthful gladness.
Crocus, Saffron Mirth.

Crown Imperial Majesty. Power.
Crowsbill Envy.

Crowfoot Ingratitude.

Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved) Lustre.
Cuckoo Plant Ardour.

Cudweed (American) Unceasing
remembrance.
Currant Thy frown will kill me.
Cuscuta Meanness.

Cyclamen Diffidence.

Cypress Death. Mourning.

*

Daffodil

Dahlia

Daisy

Daisy, Garden

Regard.
Instability.
Innocence.
I share your
sentiments.
Farewell.
Beauty.

Daisy, Michaelmas
Daisy, Parti-coloured
Daisy, Wild I will think of it.
Damask Rose Brilliant complexion.
Dandelion Rustic oracle.

Daphne Odora Painting the lily.
Darnel (Ray grass) Vice.

Dead Leaves Sadness.

Dew Plant A Serenade.

Dittany of Crete Birth.

Dittany of Crete, White Passion.
Dock Patience.

Dodder of Thyme Baseness.

Dogsbane
Dogwood
Dragon Plant
Dragonwort
Dried Flax

Deceit. Falsehood.
Durability.
Snare.
Horror.
Utility.

EbONY TREE Blackness.

Eglantine (Sweetbriar) Poetry. I
wound to heal.

Elder Zealousness.

Elm , Dignity.

Enchanter’s Nightshade Witchcraft.

Sorcery.

Endive Frugality.

Eupatorium Delay.

Everflowering Candytuft In¬

difference.

Evergreen Clematis Poverty.

Evergreen Thorn Solace in adversity.
Everlasting Never-ceasing re¬
membrance.
Everlasting Pea Lasting pleasure.
* * *

Fennel Worthy of all praise.

Strength.

Fern Fascination.

Ficoides, Ice Plant Your looks

freeze me.

Fig Argument.

Fig Marigold Idleness.

Fig Tree Prolific.

Filbert Reconciliation.

Fir Time.

Fir Tree Elevation.

Flax Domestic industry. Fate.

I feel your kindness.
Flax-leaved Goldy-locks Tardiness.
Fleur-de-Lis Flame. I burn.

Fleur de-Luce Fire.

Flowering Fern Reverie.

Flowering Reed Confidence in

Heaven.

Fiower-of-an-Hour Delicate beauty.
Fly Orchis Error.

Flytrap . Deceit.

Fool’s Parsley Silliness.

Forget-me-Not True love. Forget
me not.

F xglove Insincerity.

Foxtail Grass Sporting.

French Honeysuckle Rustic beauty.
French Marigold Jealousy.

French Willow Bravery and

humanity.

Frog Ophrys
Fuller’s Teasel
Fumitory
Fuchsia, Scarlet

Disgust.

Misanthropy.

Spleen.

Taste.

Garden ANEMONE Forsaken.
Garden Chervil Sincerity.

Garden Daisy I partake your
sentiments.

Garden Marigold Uneasiness.

Garden Ranunculus You are rich in
attractions.

Garden Sage Esteem.

Garland of Roses Reward of virtue.
Germander Speedwell Facility.
Geranium, Dark Melancholy.

Geranium, Ivy Bridal favour.
Geranium, Lemon Unexpected
meeting.

Geranium, Nutmeg Expected

meeting.

Geranium, Oak-leaved True

friendship.

Geranium, Pencilled Ingenuity.
Geranium, Rose-scented Preference.
Geranium, Scarlet Comforting.

Stupidity.

Geranium, Silver-leaved Recall.
Geranium, Wild Stedfast piety.

Gillyflower Bonds of affection.

Gloryflower Glorious beauty.

Goat’s Rue Reason.

Golden Rod Precaution.

Gooseberry Anticipation.

Gourd Extent. Bulk.

Grape, Wild Charity.

Grass Submission. Utility.

Guelder Rose Winter. Age.

* * *

HANDFLOWER TREE Warning.
Harebell Submission. Grief.

Hawkweed Quicksightedness.

Hawth rn Hope.

Hazel Reconciliation.

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Heath Solitude.

Helenium Tears.

Heliotrope Devotion. Faithfulness.
Hellebore Scandal. Calumny.

Helmetflower (Monkswood) Knight-
errantry.

Hemlock You will he my death.

Hemp Fate.

Henbane Imperfection.

Hepatica Confidence.

Hibiscus Delicate beauty.

Holly ■ Foresight.

Holly Herb Enchantment.

Hollyhock Ambition. Fecundity.

Honesty Honesty. Fascination.

Honeyfiower Love sweet and secret.
Honeysuckle Generous and devoted
affection.

Honeysuckle, Coral The colour of my
fate.

Honeysuckle, French Rustic beauty.
Hop Injustice.

Hornbeam Ornament.

Horse Chestnut Luxury.

Hortensia You are cold.

Houseleek Vivacity. Domestic

industry.

Houstonia Content.

Hova Sculpture.

Humble Plant Despondency.

Hundred-leaved Rose Dignity of
mind.

Hyacinth Sport. Game. Play.

Hyacinth, White. Unobtrusive love¬
liness.

Hydrangea A boaster. Heartlessness.
Hyssop Cleanliness.

Iceland moss Health.

Ice Plant Your looks freeze me.
Imperial Montague Power.

Indian Cress Warlike trophy.

Indian Jasmine (Ipomcea)

Attachment.
Indian Pink, Double Always lovely.

Indian Plum Privation. :

Iris Message, i

Iris, German Flame, I

Ivy Fidelity. Marriage, t

Ivy, Sprig of, with tendrils Assi¬
duous to please. I
* * *

JACOB'S LADDER Come down.

Japan Rose Beauty is your only i
attraction. I

Jasmine Amiability.

Jasmine, Cape Transport of joy.
Jasmine, Carolina Separation.
Jasmine, Indian I attach myself
to you .I

Jasmine, Spanish Sensuality, i

Jasmine, Yellow Grace and elegance, j,
Jonquil I desire a return of affection.
Judas Tree Unbelief. Betrayal.

Juniper Succour. Protection.}

J usticia The perfection of female i

loveliness. f
* * *

KeNNEDIA Mental beauty, >

King-cups Desire of riches.

# * *

IiABURNUM Forsaken Pensive |
beauty. 1

Lady’s Slipper Capricious beauty, ;

Win me and wear me. '■
Lagerstrsemia, Indian Eloquence. 1
Lantana Rigour. |

Larch Audacity. Boldness. \

Larkspur Lightness. Levity. •

Larkspur, Pink Fickleness.

Larkspur, Purple Haughtiness .»

Laurel Glory. J

Laurel, Common(in flower) Perfidy .1
Laurel. Ground Perseverance .
Laurel, Mountain Ambition .

Laurel-leaved Magnolia Dignity, j
LaurestinaA token. I dieif neglected, j
Lavender Distrust, t

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

267

Leaves (dead) Melancholy.

Lemon Zest.

Lemon blossoms Fidelity in love.
Lettuce Cold-heartedness.

Lichen Dejection. Solitude.

Lilac, Field Humility.

Lilac, Purple First emotions of love.
Lilac, White Youthful innocence.
Lily, Day Coquetry.

Lily, Imperial Majesty.

Lily, White Purity. Sweetness.

Lily, Yell' w Falsehood. Gaiety.

Lily-of-the-Valley Return of hap¬
piness.

Linden or Lime Trees Conjugal love.
Lint I feel my obligations.

Live Oak Liberty.

Liverwort Confidence.

Licorice, Wild I declare against you.
Lobelia Malevolence.

Locust Tree Elegance.

Locust Tree (Green) Affection
beyond the grave.
London Pride Frivolity.

Lote Tree Concord.

Lotus Eloquence.

Lotus Flower Estranged love.

Lotus Leaf Recantation.

Love in a Mist Perplexity.

Love lies Bleeding Hopeless , not

heartless.

Lucern Fife.

Lupine Voraciousness. Im¬

agination.

* * *

Madder Calumny.

Magnolia Love of nature.

Magnolia, Swamp Perseverance.
Mallow Mildness.

Mallow, Marsh Beneficence.

Mallow, Syrian Consumed by love.
Mallow, Venetian Delicate beauty.
Manchineal Tree Falsehood.

Mandrake Horror.

Maple Reserve.

Marigold Grief.

Marigold, African Vulgar minds.
Marigold, French Jealousy.

Marigold, Prophetic Prediction.
Marigold and C> press Despair.
Marjoram Blushes.

Marvel of Peru Timidity.

Meadow Lychnis Wit.

Meadow Saffron My best days
are past.

Meadowsweet Uselessness.

Mercury Goodness.

Mesembrvanthemum Idleness

Mezereon Desire to please.

Michaelmas Daisy Afterthought.
Mignonette Your qualities surpass
your charms.
Milfoil • War.

Milkvetch Your presence softens
my pains.

Milkwort Hermitage.

Mimosa (Sensitive Plant) Sensitive¬
ness.

Mint Virtue.

Misletoe I surmount difficulties.
Mock Orange Counterfeit.

Monkshood (Helmet Flower)

Chivalry. Knight-errantry.
Moonwort Forgetfulness.

Morning Glory Affectation.

Moschatel Weakness.

Moss Maternal love.

Mosses Ennui.

Mossy Saxifrage Affection.

Motherwort Concealed love.

Mountain Ash Prudence.

Mourning Bride Unfortunate

attachment. I have lost all.
Mouse-eared Chickweed Ingenuous
simplicity.

Mouse-eared Scorpion Grass Forget
me not.

Moving Plant Agitation.

Mudwort Tranquillity.

Mugwort Happiness.

268

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Mulberry Tree (Black) I shall not

survive you.

Mulberry Tree (White) Wisdom.

Mushroom

Suspicion.

Musk Plant

Weakness.

Mustard Seed

Indifference.

Myrobalan

Privation.

Myrrh

Gladness.

Myrtle

Love.

*

vC- *

Narcissus

Egotism.

Nasturtium

Patriotism.

Nettle, Burning

Slander.

Nettle Tree

Concert.

Night-blooming Cereus Transient

beauty.

Night Convolvulus ‘Night.

Nightshade

Truth.

*

& *

Oak leaves

Bravery.

Oak Tree

Hospitality.

Oak (White)

Independence.

Oats The witching soul of music.

Oleander

Beware.

Olive

Peace.

Orange Blossoms

Your purity

equals your loveliness.

Orange Flowers

Chastity. Bridal

festivities.

Orange Tree

Generosity.

Orchis

A belle.

Osier

Frankness.

Osmunda

Dreams.

Ox-Eye

Patience.

*

* *

Palm

Victory.

Pansy

Thoughts.

Parsley

Festivity.

Pasque Flower

You have no

claims.

Passion Flower

Religious super-

stition.

Patience Dock Patience.

Pea, Everlasting An appointed
meeting. Lasting pleasure.
Pea, Sweet Departure.

Peach Your qualities , like your
charms , are unequalled.
Peach Blossom I am your captive.
Pear Affection.

Pear Tree Comfort.

Pennyroyal Flee away.

Peony Shame. Bashfulness.

Peppermint Warmth of feeling.
Periwinkle, Blue Early friendship.
Periwinkle, White Pleasures of
memory.

Persicaria Restoration.

Persimon Bury me amid nature's
beauties.

Peruvian Heliotrope Devotion.
Pheasant’s Eye Remembrance.
Phlox Unanimity.

Pigeon Berey Indifference.

Pimpernel. Change. Assignation.

Pity.

You are perfect.
Philosophy.
Hope in adversity.

Boldness.
Woman’s love.

Pom

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Pine
Pine-apnle
Pine, Pitch
Pine, Spruce
Pink

Pink, Carnation

Pink, Indian, Single
Pink, Mountain
Pink, Red, Double

Pink, Single
Pink, Variegated
Pink, White
Plane Tree
Plum, Indian
Plum Tree
Plum, Wild
Polyanthus

Polyanthus, Crimson

Polyanthus, Lilac
Pomegranate

Poti

Pric

Pric

Prit

Prii

Prii

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Ri

Rai

Ra

Pink, Indian, Double Ahvays lovely.

Aversion.
Aspiring.
Pure and
ardent love.
Pure love.
Refusal.
Ingenuity. Talent.

Genius.
Privation.
Fidelity.
Independence.
Pride of riches.

The heart’s
mystery.
Confidence,
Foolishness.

Ra

Ra

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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

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Poplar, Black
Poplar, White
Poppy, Red
Poppy, Scarlet

Mature
elegance.
Courage.
Time.
Consolation.
Fantastic extra¬
vagance.

'poppy, White Sleep. My bane. Mg
antidote.

(Potato Benevolence.

’Prickly Pear Satire.

Pride of China Dissension.

Primrose Early youth.

’Primrose, Evening Inconstancy.
Primrose, Red Unpatronised merit.
Privet Prohibition.

Purple Clover Provident.

Pyrus Japonica Fairies’ fire.

Quaking GRASS Agitation.
Queen’s Rocket A coquette. Fashion.
Quince Temptation.

Ragged robin wit.

Ranunculus Radiant with charms.
Ranunculus, Garden You are rich
in attractions.
Ranunculus, Wild Ingratitude.
Raspberry Remorse.

Ray Grass Vice.

Red Catchfly Youthful love.

Reed Complaisance. Music.

Reed, Split Indiscretion.

Rhododendron (Rosebay) Danger.

Beware.
Advice.
Rivalry.
Love.

Thou art all that
is lovely.
Rose, Bridal Happy love.

Rose,Burgundy Unconsciousbeauty.
Rose, Cabbage Ambassador of love.

Rhubarb

Rocket

Rose

Rose, Austrian

Rose, Campion Only deserve my love.
Rose, Carolina Love is dangerous.
Rose, China Beauty always new.
Rose, Christmas Tranquillise my
anxiety.

Rose, Daily Thy smile 1 aspire to.
Rose, Damask Brilliant complexion.
Rose, Deep Red Bashful shame.
Rose, Dog Pleasure and pain.
Rose, Guelder Winter. Age.

Rose, Hundred-leaved Pride.

Rose, Japan Beauty is your only
attraction.

Rose, Maiden Blush If you love me
you will find it out.
Rose, Multiflora Grace.

Rose, Mundi Variety.

Rose, Musk Capricious beauty.

Rose Musk, Cluster Charming.
Rose, Single Simplicity.

Rose, Thornless Early attachment.
Rose, Unique Call me noLbeautiful.
Rose, White I am worthy of you.
Rose, White (withered) Transient
impressions.
Rose, Yellow Decrease of Love.

Jealousy.

Rose, York and Lancaster War.
Rose, Full blown, placed over two
buds Secrecy.
Rose, White and Red together Unity.
Roses, Crown of Reward of virtue.
Rosebud, Red Pure and lovely.
Rosebud, White Girlhood.

Rosebud, Moss Confession of love.
Rosebav (Rhododendron) Beware.

Danger.

Rosemary Remembrance.

Rudbeckia Justice.

r u6 Disdain.

Rush Docility.

Rye Grass Changeable disposition.

Saffron

Saffron Crocus

Beware of excess.

Mirth.

SSWfSSfl

Saffron, Meadow
Sage

S=ge, Garden
Sainfoin

Saint John’s Wort

My happiest days
are past.
Domestic virtue.

Esteem.
Agitation.
Animosity.
Superstition.
Irony.
Affection.

Sardony

Saxifrage, Mossy
Scabious Unfortunate love.

Scabious, Sweet Widowhood.

Scarlet Lychnis Sunbeaming eyes.
Schinus Religious enthusiasm.
Scotch Fir Elevation.

Sensitive Plant Sensibility Delicate
feelings.
Indifference.
Light-heartedness.

Horror.

Senvy

Shamrock

Snakesfoot

Snapdragon

Snowball

Snowdrop

Sorrel

Sorrel, Wild
Sorrel, Wood
Southernwood
Spanish Jasmine
Spearmint
Speedwell

Presumption.
Bound.
Hope.
Affection.
Wit ill-timed.

Joy.

Jest. Bantering.
Sensuality.
Warmth of sentiment.
Female fidelity.

Speedwell, Germander Facility.
Speedwell, Spiked Semblance.
Spider Ophrys Adroitness.

Spiderwort Esteem not love.

Spiked Willow Herb Pretension.
Spindle Tree Your charms are
engraven on my heart.
Star of Bethlehem Purity.

Starwort Afterthought.

Starwort, American Cheerfulness
in old age.

Stock Lasting beauty.

Stock, Ten Week Promptness.
Stonecrop Tranquillity.

Straw,Broken Ruptureofacontract.
Straw, Whole Union.

Strawberry Tree Esteem and love.

Sumach, Venice Splendour. Intel¬
lectual example.
Sunflower, Dwarf Adoration.

Sunflower, Tall Haughtiness.

Swallow-wort Cure for heartache.
Sweet Basil Good ivishes.

Sweetbrier, American Simplicity.
Sweetbrier, European I wound to
heal.

Sweetbrier, Yellow Decrease of love.
Sweet Pea Delicate pleasures.
Sweet Sultan Felicity.

Sweet William Gallantry.

Sycamore Curiosity.

Syringa Memory.

Syringa, Carolina Disappointment.
* * *

Tamarisk Crime.

Tansy, Wild I declare war

against you.
Teasel Misanthropy.

Tendrils of Climbing Plants Ties.
Thistle, Common Austerity.

Thistle, Fuller’s Misanthropy.
Thistle, Scotch Retaliation.

Thorn Apple Deceitful charms.

Thorn, Branch of Severity.

Thrift Sympathy.

Throatwort Neglected beauty.

Thyme Activity.

Tiger Flower For once may pride
befriend me.

Travellers’ Joy
Tree of Life
Trefoil

Tremella Nestoc
Trillium Pictum
Truffle

Trumpet Flower
Tuberose
Tulip

Safety.
Old age.
Revenge.
Resistance.
Modest beauty.
Surprise.
Fame.
Dangerous pleasures.

Fame.

Tulip, Red Declaration of love.
Tulip, Variegated Beautiful eyes.
Tulip, Yellow Hopeless love.

Turnip Charity.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Tussilage, Sweet-scented Justice
shall be done you.

TJLEX Humility.

* * *

VALERIAN An accommodating
disposition.

I Valerian, Greek Rupture.

Venice Sumach Intellectual excel¬
lence. Splendour.
Venus’ Car Fly with me.

Venus’ Looking- glass Flattery.
Venus’ Trap
Vernal Grass
Veronica
Vervain
Vine

I Violet, Blue
Violet, Dame
Violet, Sweet
Violet, Yellow

Whin Anger.

White Jasmine Amiableness.

White Lily Purity and modesty.
White Mullein Goodnature.

White Oak Independence.

White Pink Talent.

White Poplar Time.

White Rose (dried) Death preferable
to loss of innocence.
Whortleberry Treason.

Willow, Creeping Love forsaken

Virginian Spiderwort

Deceit.
Poor , but happy.
Fidelity.
Enchantment.
Intoxication.
Faithfulness.
Watchfulness.
Modesty.
Rural happiness.

Willow, Water
Willow, Weeping
Willow-herb
Willow, French

Winter Cherry
Witch Hazel
Woodbine
Wood Sorrel

Wormwood

Freedom.
Mourning.
Pretension.
Bravery and hu¬
manity.
Deception.
A spell.
Fraternal love.
Joy. Maternal
tenderness.
Absence.

Momentary
happiness.
Virgin's Bower Filial love.

Volkamenia May you be happy.

Xanthium

Rudeness.
Pertinacity.
Xeranlhemum Cheer fulness under
adversity.

Walnut

I Wallflower
Water Lily
Water Melon
‘ Wax Plant
Wheat Stalk

Intellect. Stratagem.
Fidelity in adversity.
Purity of heart.
Bulkiness.
Susceptibility.

Riches.