mw4 fmmt - iw * R.SVKN V KIt . (. r lVi>oUsi*lli-f. 0 /;/ / ih,/h /fn/hnrn ALBERT R. MANN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY THE GIFT OF Isabel Zucker class '26 oMo OZOXOSS OiOiOK MK o^o&bjfc mm. rwwv^r SAV4KAVA-H C&OxOyOt /WA>AVT 4+ A 4 kA S rA ■*« \Zault &R 7 fo ■f\ as /%s) Minttnnf Intel TO THE MAIDENS OF BRITAIN, “ Swe ets to thb Sweet,” the Prince of Den** mark said. When on Ophelia’s grave he scattered Flowers: u Sweets to the Sweet,”— this book is offered To you, fair Blossoms of our Northern Bowers!' Be yours no grief that inwardly devours; No weeping over joys for ever fled. Nor hopes deferred, that sap the vital powers.-, Until the grave becomes a welcome bed. Sweets to thb Sweet V * oil beauty, balm and bloom. This mystic language, mute yet eloquent. Where thouohts are flowers,^-their utterance perfume,— And woven wreaths Love’s plea and arou* \ KENT! Which offering for such as you to meet. Beautiful human flowers,—S weets rendered to the Sweet! ismimmm mm s&ai mm v •; g; v ««yum n ? m r nfwtaction. VV E are assured, upon no less competent authority than that of Shakspere, that Fairies use flowers for their charm: and no marvel that they should do so; for what is there in all the visible creation so appropriate to symbolize pure and happy thoughts, and to express the feelings of hearts full, to overflowing, of love and innocent delight, as we may well suppose those of the gentle beings ; a g p g m c g m c ? m o 0 0 o c «> THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND who revel in the moonlight, and dwell amid flowers, and “ lead ambrosial lives,” to be. “ With flowers the Graces bind their yellow hair, And flowery wreaths consenting lovers wear. Flowers, the sole luxury that nature knew, In Eden’s pure and guiltless garden grew.” Says Mrs. Barhauld, and we may well imagine that our first parents, walking amid them, in their state of primeval innocence, felt a closer affinity for these beautiful, and fresh, and spotless manifestations of God’s wisdom and goodness, than man, in his corrupt and fallen TEXT-BOOK OE FLOWERS. nature, can ever hope to do. Still does the love and admiration which he feels for them, testify of his yearnings after a holier and better state of existence, and of the hopes which, often unknown to himself, he cherishes, that he may, one day, resume his cast olf, but not entirely rejected, garment of purity, and he again like unto those “ Floral apostles, that in dewy splendour Weep without woe, and blush without a crime.” And he would be uttering the true wish of his soul, were he further to exclaim, with Horace Smith, M Oh, may I deeply learn, and ne’er surrender Your fore sublime tV ci Saw i-jVil , IP 1 1 Cs 1 / i ■rnljlro Mi 1 I iuTtf!if? ^Ur^Tu i iRmliiinTn; rri mm Wj m PJjPppi !i THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND And what is this “ lore sublime," this eloquent yet voiceless teach¬ ing, which never ceases to appeal to the heart and the conscience of man? so that turn whatsoever leaf he may of the great volume of nature, he is compelled to bear witness to the truth conveyed in this adjuration : — “ ’Neath cloistered boughs and floral belt that swingeth. And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes sabbath in the fields and ever ringeth A call to prayer. Your voiceless lips, Oflowers! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to the fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook.” TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. Tko ‘2 • • >• -. V’.* * > :• AVhat is this lore sublime ? Let us answer as we best love to answer such questioning, in a rhythmical measure, and say, again addressing the flowers “ Methiuks of speech A 'ilont faculty ye have to teach Submission to the will divine; Few are your days, but ye Die cheerfully. Nor murmur nor repine; Ve smilingly fulfil Your Maker’s will, All meekly bending ’neath the tempest’ weight; By pride unvisited, . Though richly raimented, As is a monarch in his robes of state; Oh! would vain-glorious man , Pursue this plan. How much might he avoid of envy, strife and bate.” THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Such are the holv teachings of the j;;| 11 j flowers,—such the lessons which (jM they convey,—such the language yu spoken by them to the thoughtful and reflective mind; hence they w have been called “ the alphabet of ftk of earth,” i|jt| the angels,” “ the stars “ floral apostles,” and the like, and made the types and symbols of all that is most heavenly and free from sin and corruption, as well as of the best and noblest of earthly pleasures and passions of the soul. “ Spake full well in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, raft TEXT- ROOK OF FLOWERS When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth’s firmament do k\ shine. Stars they are, wherein we read our history, As astrologers and seers of eld; Yet not wrapped about with awful mys¬ tery, Like the burning stars which they be¬ held. Wondrous truths, and manifold as won- drous, God has written in those stars above; But not less in the bright flowerets under Stands the revelation of his love Bright and glorious is that revelation, Written all over this great world ot ours, Making evident our own creation, In those stars of earth,—those golden flowers.” ;5- TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. ^ with the flowers as symbolical of SHthe various feelings and emotions |wjof the human breast, such as love, ^mjoy, hoj)e, fear, doubt, despondency, lOjand the like, and their use as ■■silent, yet most eloquent exj>re3si- 5»|ons of the “ thoughts which lie too ^Bdeep for tears,” or any other out- H»ward manifestation, and to which, Hawf iftentimes. the tongue dares not fiBgive utterance. In the east, this IHFloral Language has long since ■IHbeen reduced to a system, as Per- jHcival sings— ‘In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, Anri they tell in a garland their loves and cares •. the oriental language, and /jjys___ _ V&--tHij****** 1 *** HTtMW ITM'M i)Mt?W i >■■ »■• 14 fii ty. iiilS Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers, ^ On its leaves a mystical language bears.” • ^ and attempts have been made to • \ transplant this beautiful and sig- nificatit oriental custom into our northern and less congenial clime, n and not altogether unsuccessfully, if we may judge by the welcome V given to the several works upon ft this delightful subject which have | appeared since it was first alluded |\ to in the celebrated letters of Lady • v Montague from the Turkish capi- ' tal. This lady observes that “ In ' / Turkey, you may, through the f assistance of these emblems, either TEXT-BOOK OE BLOWERS. quarrel, reproach, or send letters , of passion, friendship, or civility, ' or even news, without ever inking ■your fingers.” And Phillips, who | Iquotes this passage in his “ Floral 1 iKmblems,” a beautiful and ingeni- | ous book, and we believe the first, H jas it is the most successful, attempt "fever made by an English writer to K furnish a complete floral Diction- j"'ary, further remarks, “ When a 1 Turkish lady sends a congratula- jl tory message, or a ceremonious | invitation, it is generally accom- } nanied with some emblematical THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND freshness of these flowers show the speed of the messenger, whilst the selection speaks, in silent lan¬ guage, the sentiments of the party from whom they are sent, and whose rank is also distinguished by the costliness or beauty of the embroidered envelope. “ These are merely the remains of the ancient customs of the east¬ ern nations, where all was symbol, emblem, and allegory; and it must not he supposed that emblems were invented for the purposes of in¬ trigue, since we find the Scriptures full of the most beautiful parables, moral symbols, instructive allego- r TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS oxxx> XXXXXXXXXXS I A. ries, and poetical emblems, that have ever been composed or col¬ lected.” By Phillips, and other writers, it is shown that this Floral Lan¬ guage is of high antiquity ;—the Chinese had their Floral Alphabet, probably in the time of Confucius, or earlier,—and of almost univer¬ sal acceptance, being more prac¬ ticed, and consequently more sys¬ tematized, in those countries, such as Turkey and Persia, where the flowers are most abundant, and richest in scent and hue. “ By all those token-tiowers that tell What words can ne’er express so well.” THE OllIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Says the poet of our day, adjuring his mistress to believe in his truth and fidelity; and so might have sung, and very likely did sing, the Israelites of old, on the flowery hanks of the Jordan, or the swar¬ thy son of Egypt, who, kneeling by the mysterious Nile, might have plucked the blossoms of the bright mjmphea, and putting it to his lips and turning to the earthly idol of his adoration, have said something to this effect:— “ The lotus flower, whose leaves 1 now Kiss silently, Far more than words can tell thee how I worship thee.” & ' TEXT-BOOK OE BLOWERS. This, however, is a subject on which we might write for months, and fill volumes ; it is one in which the poets have taken especial de¬ light, as they have in all matters connected with flowers, and well | they may, for, as Patterson sings : “ Flowers are the brightest things which earth On her broad bosom loves to cherish; Gay they appear, as children’s mirth, Like fading dreams of hope they perish. In every clime, in every age, Mankind have felt their pleasing sway And lays to them have deck’d the page Of moralist and minstrel gay. By them the lover tells his tale, They can his hopes, his fears express-; S *‘£<^<^6 <&VWi.VWWW 'c.. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND work on “ Floral Emblems,” modern compilers and writers on this subject have been largely indebted, although they have somehow failed in acknow¬ ledging their obligations. This we are not ashamed to do, deeming it better to be honest, than to obtain a reputation for originality at the expense of another. “ The first principle is, to observe that the pronoun I, or me, is expressed by inclining the flower to the left.; and the pronoun thou, or thee, by sloping it to the right; bat when represented by draw¬ ings on paper, those positions should be reversed, as the flower should lean to the heart of the person whom it is to signify. The articles a, an, and the, may be ex¬ pressed by tendrils : the first by a single tendril, the second by a double tendril, and the third by one with three branches. “ The second rule is, that if a flower TEXT-BOOK OP FLOWERS presented upright expresses a particular sentiment; when reversed, it has a con¬ trary meaning. Thus, for example, a rose-bud, upright, with its thorns and its leaves, means, * I fear, but I hope,’ If the same bud is returned, held down¬ wards, it signifies, ‘ You must neither hope nor fear.’ But if the thorns be stripped off, it expresses * There is every thing to hope.’ Deprived of its leaves, it signifies ‘ There is every thing to fear.’ Thus the expression may be varied of almost all the flowers, by changing their position. The flower of the Marygold, for example, placed on the head, signifies ‘Trouble of spirits;’ on the heart, ‘ Trouble of love;’ on the bosom, ‘ Weariness.’ “ The Pansy, held upright, denotes ‘ Heart’s ease;’ reversed, it speaks the contrary; when presented upright, it is THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND understood to say, ‘ Think of me ;’ but when offered pendant, it means ‘ Forget me.’ And thus the Amaryllis, which is the emblem of pride, may be made to express ‘ My pride is humbled,’ or, ‘ Your pride is checked,’ by holding it downwards, either to the left or the right, as the sense requires. In the same man¬ ner, the Wall-flower, which is made the emblem of fidelity in misfortune, if pre¬ sented with the stalk upwards, would in¬ sinuate that the person was considered no friend to the unfortunate.” i 1 •' I u TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS y'a m ■ £ !# ■» |;% & \i$ gjutwtmnj of $zi « m m m g.': m I 1 m # m « I m fl m i'4 <£■ I *wvww wv vwovo o-wwwwv w crw ,vv THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, A Aloe A miction, It is a bitter herb, medicinal, From which we nauseating turn away; Such is atiiiction. Reader, in the day Of prosperous pride, if it be thine to fall Into deep sorrow, bear the chastisement Submissively, for thy soul’s welfare meant. White Jasmine. Amiableness, Grace and perfume here we meet; Thou art lovely, thou art sweet •> Ever thus mav beauty be Wed with amiability ! Afterthought, Star-wort. Thou comest like an afterthought, When other flowers are vainly sought. Agitation, Moving Plant. There s no breath of air to crisp the Ganges' tide'. Nor shake the leafy bowers beneath which thon dost hide ; Why agitated thus, oh thou mysterious plant r Hast thon some secret wish,—some deep unspoken want ? It seems thou art possest Of a spirit ill at rest, Aye praying for a boon that the fates refuse to grant. TEXT-BOOK OP FLOWERS, Art, Acanthus. Thy sculptured leaves enrich the tall And slight Corinthian capital 4 Though humble, growing at our feet. Of classic art the emblem meet. Architecture, Candy Tuft. Story on story tkv flow’rets rise. Column and fretwork, all in a span; Built by an Architect great and wise ; Imitate this, if thou canst, oh man! The crimson tlush of ardour seems to stain The berried club the spotted Arum rears. “ But three days since,” said Cato, “wasthis Fig Gathered at Carthage ; see how near to us We have a mortal foe.” The argument Sufficed the senate, and straightway declared Was the third Punic war. Oh, sweet Clematis, “ trailing arily,” If artifice must be compared to thee, ’Tis surely like thy fragrance, pure, refined. For nought but mirth each pleasantry designed. Ardour, Cuckoo Pint. Argument, Artifice, Virgin’s Bower. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Assiduity, Lavender Assiduously her wheel tlie matron plies, And stores the well-bleached labour of her loom ; Amid the folds the spiky Lavender lies. And all impregnates with its rich perfume. Assignation, Pimpernel “ Closed is the pink-eyed Pimpernel,” There will be rain, the clouds foretell ; Fond maid ! go not thy love to meet, Lest thou shouldst wet thy dainty feet. Asylum, Juniper When from King Ahab’s wrath Elijah fled, This mountain shrub gave shelter and a bed. Attachment, Ipomaea The scarlet flowered entwiner, that attaches Itself to all that comes within its reach, And beautifies whatever it embraceth. Austerity Fullers Teasel Rough and austere, none cometh near Thy prickly head, devoid of fear. Scarlet Auricula. Avarice, Is it because so richly dight. And powdered, as it were, with gold ; And all so gorgeously bright, Thou art like avarice, we're told ? TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS a Aversion, China Pink Flower of a land whose natives are averse To foreign intercourse, thou'rt welcome here We love to talk with those of other climes, ’Till national prejudices melt away. Bashfulness, Sensitive Plant, “ This little plant—how cautiously it meets Th’ approaching hand 1 advance, and it retreats ! ’ So shrinks the bashful maid, if au^ht that’s rud Should on her unveiled loveliuess intrude. Pull Blown Bose, Beauty, “ Emblem of beauty! for to thee it is That passion likens woman’s loveliness.” Queen of all flowers ! who can thy charms survey. Nor yield to thee the palm—the sovereign sway ? Beauty always new, China Rose Ever lovely, ever dear, Blossoming throughout the year; Ever fresh and ever new. All sweets are combined in you. Beauty is your j R only attraction, ^ Thou’rt beautiful, but scentless, one in whom we find v All outward graces, but who wants the graces of’ the mind; Round such, our best affections can never be entwined. 1 THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Beneneence, Potatoe. " rhe poor man’s bread, the rich man’s luxury,” We liken well beneficence to thee. Dittany OITLG, i he gaseous vapour which thy flowers exhale, Ignited, burns with momentary splendour, Then sinks in darkness. Such is human life, A swift consuming flame,—a birth, a death. .biacimess, Ebon3 r . " Night’s ebon throne—looked black as ebony,’ Such is the poet’s frequent simile ; Who can dispute such high authority? .biuntness or Kougimess, ; Borage. Men may be blunt, and yet be honest, too,— Rough as thy hairy stem. Though Pope hath said, “ Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.” We’ll take the truths, though bluntly uttered. Blushes, Marjoram. red-tinged leaves like Sweet Marjoram, with red-tinged blushes. Scattered amid the hill-side bushes. Boaster, Hy dr anger. \\ ith blossoms like a boaster’s promises, Profuse aud most magnificent, we look For fruitage in due season, but in vain. m- * 1 ■pi m - ^ rr T .--r,r- 1 | a mTwai^T TTirTTrr^rn" ^ rr r rff nuiniffjll TEXT-BOOK O? FLOWERS. Pine Tree Boldness, Aloft the hardy Pine-tree rears Its head, nor wind nor tempest fears. True boldness, thus, intent on right. Bends not, nor yields to wrongful might Honeysuckle. Bond of Love, The Woodbine, sweet with odorous flower, Like a fair bride with an ample dower, Clasping the elm in the bonds of love, Breathing its kisses around and above; Poet hath never beheld, in a dream, For his song a more lovely, appropriate theme Water Melon. Bulkiness, Bulky and round the Melon grows, Amid the arid waste ; And well the wandering Arab knows Its cool, refreshing taste. Buckbean Calmness Where the stream glides softly by Murmuring a lullaby, There Menyanthes loves to lie Calmly as a sleeping child. Madder. Calumny, An everlasting stain the Madder leaves Upon the purest cloth : so calumny Gives the most fair and spotless character A tinge, that lasts while memory endures. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Candour, White Violet. We’ll search the mead for Violets pale, That give their odours to the gale, As candid minds that nought couceal. And please by thoughts which they reveal. Caprice, Musk Eose. The Barbary rose, capricious, that assumes A scent unlike all other flower’s perfumes, And loads, with musky fragrance every breeze That for a moment can her fancy please. Celibacy, French. Willov They who dedicated thee Unto the stern St. Anthony, Founder of monastic rule, Ne’er were taught in love’s soft school. Celibacy’s emblem ? never ! Shall beauty die unwedded ever ? Chanty, Turnip. The Turnip is for charity, “ our helpless nature's pride -Twas used, of old, to represent a man who would divide His substance with the destitute, their faintine hearts to cheer; So, swelling root, or verdant top, we fitly offer TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS lildish G1 s 3. Buttercups Childhood in the height of glee, Wouldst thou see? Mark it on the grassy lea, Where the Buttercups are springing, Golden bright ; And their flight Countless butterflies arc winging. Acacia Chaste Love, White with faintest crimson flusn, oh, •well Thy blossoms the first dawn of love may tell, Agnus Castus Chastity, The chaste Diana, as old Chaucer tells, In that sweet tale “ The Flower and the Leaf, Bore in her hand an Agnus Castus bough ; And all the ladies of her company Carried this emblem of pure maidenhood. Cheerfulness Michaelmas m old age, Daisy. As cheerfulness lengthens the summer of life So thou dost the season of flowers ; ^ When the year waxeth old, thou with beauty art rife. And thou smilest, though dark the sky lours. und h er e adve n r e s?ty, Chrysanthemum. Another fair flower that illumines the scene, When the tempest of winter is near; ’Mid the frowns of adversity, cheerful of mien. And gay, when all’s dark and severe. ■ • THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND ■ . — ,*r> ... -r - ■- ■ • <*■ ■- ■■*";' • ■■ $> - ’^5 *-• < ’ ‘t * ■•*•■<. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS i < r> • » c t t i n i »inr> ■ i f r i i * f Where the black Poplars in abundance grew. There Hercules the monster Cacus slew ; And as with poplar boughs he twined his head. Symbolical of courage they were made. Consolation in sickness, Poppy. Thou consoling sleep dost bring,— Sleep that, like an angel’s wing. Soothes the body racked with pain. Fevered pulse, and burning brain. Consolation in sorrow, Snow-drop Like a star on winter’s brow. Or a gleam of consolation, In the midst of sorrow, thou Comest, pearl of vegetation! Constancy, Bine Compannla. Of a sweet cerulean dye, Is the hue of constancy ; And her dower, who knows not well ?— Beauteous Canterbury bell! Coquetry, : ellow Day Lily. Light and frivolous coquettes Soon your sun of beauty sets ; Like the Lily of a Day, Charms and induence decav. Courage, Black Popiar. TIIE ORIENTAL' LANGUAGE, AND S\V * 1-* S ,£***A * * * * Vt* V*£ Craftiness, Sweet W illiam . _ 9P " Sweet William, fair of form, of aspect bright,” »» —.a *■»«* .4 Crime, The Roman criminals, when lead to death, Each bore upon his head a Tamarisk wreath. 4 $ Ml V- Critic, Squirting Cucumber, If just and skilful hands thy poison juice Prepare, and carefully direct the use, ’Tis beneficial. Critic’s ink is so, If in right channels it is made to flow. 4 Stinging Nettle. 4 * Cruelty, Cruel the Nettle is, and sharp its sting. As that which lurks under the brown bee’s wing. Cure, The plant of Gilead, a precious balm Hath for our bodily wounds ; so friendship, iov Beneficence, may cure the spirit’s hurts: — Religion is the greatest balm of all. S> & Danger, Thou growest on the mountains, where ’tis danger¬ ous to tread, And a poison-honey lurks amid thy blossoms deeply red. Rhododendron. Sg # * c* Sj \ TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS Thrift. Dauntlessness, “ Stemming' the torrent with a dauntless breast,” And the fierce winds that sweep the mountain’s crest. And flourishing' so gay, and wildly free. Upon the salt marsh by the roaring sea. Death, Cypress. Tree, sacred to the dead in every age. Thy black boughs cast a shadow o’er the page. Deceitful Charms, Thom Apple, Datura, full of grace and purely white, The look, the touch admiring, may invite ; But pause not by the fair, deceitful flower, 'Tis full of deadliest narcotic power. Deceitful Hope, Daffodil. Deceived bv thee, oh, golden Daffodil, Often with hearts elate, and full of hope, We dream of settled spring; when blasts blow chill. And gloomy storm-clouds hide the azure cope. Deception, Winter Cherry In shape and hue, deceitful berry, Why not in taste also a Cherry ? TILE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Disdain, Yellow Carnation, « Thou art disdainful in mine eyes,” The beauty of the nail-room cries ; “ And, lo ! this flower of yellow stain, Is emblem of my deep disdain." Disgust, Frog OrpHreys. “ Maiden, thy beauty’s marred by pride,” Quick the offended youth replied ; *• This flower, so like a reptile, must Speak my aversion and disgust.” Distinction, Cardinal’s Flower. Beautiful plant of Mexico, Of a tint like the richest sunset glow, Distinction claims thee for its own, So fit an emblem there is none. Docility, Rush. As pliable as a docile mind, Thou benaest to each passing wind. Do not abuse, Saffron Flower, Of qualities which, temperately used , Will benefit, but poison if abused. Drunkenness, Vine. Bacchus, god of drunkards, bore thee. Wreathed around his temples ; swine. Miscalled gentlemen, adore thee, And declare thy juice divine. » TEXT-BOOK OE FLOWERS Durability, Dog-wood. Deep rooted, the enduring Cornel stood. Though old, the soundest tree of all the wood. Deceitful Charms, Thom Apple Stramonium, which opens to the night Thy purple- bells, and dost the sense iuvite, T’ inhale thy poison scent; deceit and thee, Methinks, with justice might affianced be. Do me justice, Chestnut Tree, Uninviting may appear The green and prickly shrubs I bear; Yet, within, good nuts you’ll find: Keep this moral e’er in mind,— Juugc not by the outward view. Lest you justice fail to do. Early Youth, Primn Primrose, thou, as all aver. Art the springtime’s harbinger ; Freshness ana fragrance are, in soothj Thine, thou art like early youth. Egotism, Narcissus. Fair egotist, thou bendest o’er the stream, As thou wouldst there thy mirrored self caress Thou art like one lost wholly in a dream Of beauty, and of speechless happiness. THE OMENTAL LAXtUWOK, A\T> TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS V* • •:=^r.*~e THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND False Riches, Sun Flower, Abundance of the glittering ore. A sordid man may have ; Yet will he be, in spirit, poor. To riches false a slave. Of Flax the bow-string was entwined. That, winged by fate, the arrows sent Of Flax the Fates the web did wind. On human destiny intent. j'east, Parsley, “ Its living verdure o’er the feast,” ’Twas Horace said-let Parsley spread*. And with its curled leaves, to this day. The festive board is garnished. i’ecundity, Hollyhock, Of seeds prolific, towering Hollyhock, No fear of quick exhaustion for thy stock. Felicity, Centaury. Happy sweet Sultan of the Persian fields. Thy nectar joy unto the wild bee yields. By Virgil praised, by all, when seen, admired Type of felicity, so much to be desired. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. L 11C luiuv-v* , 1 Blue as the sky thy blossoms be— Sweet emblem of fidelity. Fidelity in Friendship, Ivy. “Thus stands an aged elm in Ivy bound. Thus youthful Ivy clasps an elm around. So Parnell drew the picture of a friend, Of whose fidelity death, only, makes an end. Fidelity in Wall Misfortune. Flower, By time are all decayed and rent. Then in misfortune's gloomy hour Springs up fidelity's sweet flower. Flame of Love, Yellow Ins. “ Amid its waving swords in flaming gold The Iris towers." So towers the flame of love Within the breast, amid intense desires. And feelings, and emotions, keen and quick. Venus’s Flattery, Looking Glass. The glass, wherein reflected, beauty sees Those charms which flattery’s voice full oft hat praised; , , , On thee, oh lovely field flower, formed to please. Full oft, admiringly, hath beauty gazed. h 'v m Ht mi Fidelity, Wall Speedwell. W 4 ' '{ S i m 1 ****«fc*y?c* m i», .?>«**.•■cm^fx^ tn * Comm Dine Folly, Folly’s cap and bells in thee. Columbine, so fancy free. Foolish folks declare they see. •; r v., v - \V. Holly. Foresight, Beneath with prickles armed to guard against The bite of nibbling sheep, or browsing kine ; Above their reach thy leaves are smooth and bare, Thou art like foresight. Holly evergreen! Lilac Forsaken, In eastern lands, when fickle youth would take A last farewell of her he would forsake; A bunch of the Syringa bloom he bore, Whose beauty, like his love, was quickly o’er. Damask Rose Freshness, Oh, her breath is like the scent Of fresh Damask Roses, blent With the morning air ; each thought Is as fresh, and beauty-fraught; Would you find the Roses? seek In her softly-rounded cheek. Frivolity, Bladder Senna. The light and frivolous may find In thee, amusement to their mind Thy bladder-like legumes they shake. Therewith a hollow sound to make. 4 TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS & % t THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Generosity, Orange T Type of generosity, Richly dowered Orange Tree, Fruit and flower at once thou givest. And to benefit man, livest Genius, Plane Tree. Thou noble tree to genius consecrate, Beneath thy shade philosophers of old Discoursed of time, and the soul's future state, And other themes on wisdom’s page enserolled, Gentility, “ The genteel Geranium With a smile for all that come. Sings Leigh Hunt; and who s Can of floral virtues tell ? Glory, Lat Poison lurks within thy veins. Blood-stained Laurel, tree of death ! For the conqueror fittest wreath,— He who over fertile plains Spreadcth desolation wide W ooing glory fora bride. Good Education, Cherrj The Wild Cherry Tree is a useless thing, But graft it, and prune it, and so ’twill bring Fruit pleasant and useful; and thus we find Good education improves the mind. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS I y i — XV hite Mullein Good Nature, Once *twas believed the Mullein did possess A power to mitigate and soothe all pain, Aud hence’twas made an emblemol good nature. Goodness, Mercury. Proud of their Henri Qnatre, the Frenchmen say “ Bonus Henrieus is the plant we prize ,” Because it bears a monarch's name, while they Wear it for good deeds and great memories. Gossip, Cobaea. Gadding about from place to place, With tendrils like a gossip’s tongue, And flower like a cup o’er a saucer swung, The gossip’s likeness in thee we trace. Grace, China Rose. Lovely is the China Rose, Gracefully, she blooms and grows. Grandeur, Beech Tree. The Beech, the spreading Beech, that towers so high. And looks so grand in fall-leaved majesty. _ , , Small white Gratitude, Beil Flower. The little White Campanula, that seems To rimr a tiny peel ol gratitude To every breeze that stirs its silver bells. O' x X>CK:>:X>C'<'«'>:XXbj THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND . k W. '-v Hyacinth. Game, Play, When in his play the disk Apollo threw, And his beloved Hyacinthus slew. He changed the lovely youth into a flower, Which bears his name and beauty to this hour So runs the legend, und to Game, or Play, The flower is likened in our language, aye. Rose Bud Girl, A young girl is a Rose in bud : As the open Rose is womanhood. Hatred, Basil. Thou liang'st thy fragrant tresses o'er the grave, And seem’st to weep for those thou couldst not save; A prejudice hath likened thee to Hate; Sweet Basil Tree, thine is an evil fate. Heart Ache Cure for, Ascelpms. This magic plant, wherever thou canst find. Oh, maiden, take, and on thy bosom bind. Heedlessness, Almond Tree. The heedless Almond Tree all prematurely Bursts into flower, ere yet a sheltering leaf Springs from the bough, to bid it bloom securely. And shield its blossoms, beautiful as brief. r.ri'i f TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. Hope, Hawthorn. Thy gaseous boughs the torches made To light the altar, when the Maid Of Athens spoke the marriage vow; Thy fragrant blossoms twined the hair Of those fair ones who waited there, Therefore of Hope fit emblem thou. Horror, Creeping Cereus. Twisting, creeping, serpent-like, Armed with prickles sharp and keen. Thou must all with horror strike. Wheresoever felt or seen. Thee, honest Lunacy we call, for thou Makest no concealment of thy treasure-seeds, But show’st Ihem openly to every eye. Thou givest food and quiet shelter, too, Oh, tall and stately monarch of the wood! And thus in thee an emblem meet we view. Of one whose hospitable gates have s ood Wide open long, that all may entering find Refreshment and repose for Body and for mind. Humanity, Marsh Mallow. To heal the wound, the grove to decorate. These were its offices in days gone by ; What wonder, then, that we should consecrate The blooming Mallow to Humanity? Honesty, Lunana. Hospitality, Oak Tree. 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Burn and am.oy continually. *i» * tjftp 1 & ® «% $ i l } \\ 1 *3 < A 4 4 *€ ^ ^ <% V '5 p sf y\.-VWv/VuV TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS sntmnmir. :smrnrnmii-: www. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND \ * ' V S i ... x . X’" m r Immortality, Amaranth. The ever lasting funeral flower, that on The grave of those whom memory cherishes Is placed by friendly hands. As Milton sings :— “ Immortal Amarantn, a flower which once Began to bloom ; but soon for man’s offence To heaven removed, where first it grew ; there grows. And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life.” Balsam. Impatience, Balsam with shaft of amber/' look you now 1 If but the capsule ripe, with hasty hand The passer brush ; impatient of the touch, With sudden jerk, the plant its seed ejects. Henbane. Imperfection, Imperfect mischief it is thine to work, Baneful the juices that within thee lurk. Burdock. Importunity, Importunate the Burs cling fast. Them off you cannot shake ; They are like sturdy beggars, who \\ ill no denial take. Inconstancy, Eve nin g Primrose. CEnothera, that shuns the light of day. As one that from the truth will turn away; If thou wert constant, 3tedfast, and sincere. In the broad sunlight would thy face appear. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS Incorruptible, Cedar Call it not folly-this antique belief In the great virtue of the Cedar wood, To keep unchanged and incorruptible. Whatever precious relics it enclosed. dependence, Plum Tree, Ofttimes without man’s aid wc grow All independently, and throw Our fruits upon the ground below, Where there is none to gather them. Indifference, Candy Tuf In summer’s sunshine, and mid winter’s snow, Indifferent to all weathers, thou dost blow. Indiscretion, Bull Bus When Jupiter gave to King Midas, As the story goes, the ears of an ass. The secret, thinking they were mutes. The king buried under the Bull Rush roots Industry, I Thou art like the busy bee. Emblem of brisk industry. y g THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS str F' : ’ <■ ■:> l-.V # S & ? £ Mo Ka> & V.- .; c«S ;S THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND \ ' On the lofty Cordelliras Jcssieu found this fragrant blossom And intoxicate with pleasure, Kissed, and pressed it to his bosom. Irony, Sardony. With crisp leaf like the parsley, and a juice That hath the cower so strangely to contract The mouth of him who takes it, that he seems To smile as though in irony; and hence We give the term sardonic to this laugh. French Marigold. Jealousy, The Marigold’s for jealousy, as well old Chaucer knew, For when of this dark passion he a lively portrait drew, He wreathed about her scowling brows these flowers of sickly hue. Jest, or Southernwood. Bantering, Lad’s love,—delight of lasses,’’— As country people say; Thou spring’st amid the grasses. And pleasant art alway, As a harmless jest that passes ’Mid a merry group at play. — 3 — 'i IlxWlTm Intoxicated Peruvian IS® 3* with Pleasure. Heliotrope. ( / TEXT-BOOK OF FLOW EIlS Joy, Wood Sorrel. “ The trim Oxalis, with her pencilled leaf,” Opes to the sun her blossoms aright, but brief; So earthly joy expands, when all is bright. But quickly fades, when vanishes the light. Justice. Rudbeckia. A Plant of America! the botanist Rudbeck, whose name thou bearest, hath therein J / " 1 i tit Had tardy justice to his labours done. Justice V i shall be done. OUil£5iUUU * Sweet Tussilago ! thou no poet’s song. No praise ot skilful botanist hadst won; Till found where thou hadst bloomed all wildly long, ■ Neath snow-crowned heights, green Alpine vales upon. Knight Errantry, Monk’s Hood. Tall helmet-flower, of stately growth and height. With blossom like the casque of errant knight; Thou poison-plant, if from the garden plot Thee we did miss, we should regret thee not. Lamentation, Aspen Tree. ’Twas said the cross was made of wood of thine. Whereto the Saviour of the world was nailed. And hence thou tremblest, and lamentest ever ’Tis an old tale of superstitious times, To which we give no credence, now-a-days Although we liken thee to lamentation. m -V’—r - y*. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND TEXT-BOOK OP FLOWERS Lire, Lucern. Life is tenacious ; Lucern thou art so ; In the rich soil and poor ’tis thine to prow; The sythe sweeps over thee, and lays thee low ; Thou spring’st again; so life still doth resurrection know. 3 Love, Myrtle. 1 When Venus rose from out the sea, She claimed the myrtle for her own ; So must the plant Love’s emblem be. Wherever it is known. Lively and Pure Love. Red Pink. Glowing as love; and pure, and full of fragrance. As the young heart o’ercharged with sweet affectio Love-Match, London Pride. The None-so-pretty is a lightsome flower. Called Amourette, in France ; and will not be Confined, but runneth even where it lists. And gives its heart to whom it liketh best. Love Returned, Ambrosia. They surely lead ambrosial lives, who meet Return for their affections, pure and sweet. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND . Aconite-Leaved Crowfoot. we call those llowrets Lustre, “ Fair maids of France/’ we call those flow white. That shed a lustre o’er the trim parterre; Let English maids, with eyes of lustrous light, These alpine blossoms in their bosoms wear. Horse Chestnut. Luxuriancy, (.lad with blossoms white and fair,- Blossoms that perfume the air; Spreading wide, and towering high Emblem of luxuriancy. Crown Imperial Majesty, The Persian flower that towers above the rest. And weareth on its head a golden crown. May well be made the symbol and the sign Of proud, imperial majesty, methinks. Orange Blossom Marriage, “ Only the bride hath leave to wear The orange blossom in her hair." Only around the marriage shrine. Those pure white blossoms may entwine Maternal Love, Mossy Saxifrage. The mossy Saxifrage that clothes the wild And naked rocks, and wraps them, as a child Within her loving arms the mother folds, When whistle the fierce winds across the wolds. tw i iw M mirm w ti Htmum m u m «4tt4€fltS • I 111 I I TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS i ' . — ■ t.~ -vv^S^ . <^tk n Dodder. Meanness, The parasite Cascula liveth not By nourishment that its own root supplies. But meanly clinging to another, /ihsorbs its vitaliuicc. Swallow Wort Medicine, Old Esculapius found thy virtues out Though modern doctors hold them much in doubt. Birch Tree. Meekness, The Birch, the meekest tree of all the wood, Standing amid the sylvan sisterhood, With drooping tresses, full of modest grace. As gentle maiden, with a downcast face. Faded Leaves. Melancholy, With a heart attuned to melancholy, Away from the world and its noise and folly, ] walked awhile, then musing stood Amid the sere leaves in the wintry wood. Syrmga Memory, Upon the sense thine odour dwells, And oft revives at memory’s call; As streams of music, heard long since Seem on the listening ear to tali. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND k t l ( :■ .3-0 — TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS AND THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, <-4 Convolvulus Minor Night, The Belle-dc jure, that when the light Departs, aye bids the world 1 Good night; And foldeth up its silken vest, As though intent on seeking rest. Ox-eye. Obstacle, Lo, the staring Ox-eyes, plentiful are they Gleamim? in the pasture, where the childr< Gleaming in the pasture, where the children play; Plucked up, and down trodden, scattered far and near. Spite of every obstacle, they spring up year by year. Small Bindweed. Obstinacy, ConTorvulus avensis, thee we call; With pink-veined blossoms, trumpet-shaped and small, And roots that obstinately hold the land, Though by the ploughshare torn, and tiller’s hand. Arbor vitae Old Age, The hale old tree, well called the Tree of Life, Green to the last, whatever storms be rife. Oracle , 7 Dandelion The rustic oracle whose golden rays Converge and close when rain or nignt are nigh. Whose seeded down intelligence conveys, If zephyrs fan the east, or moisture loads the sky . ■ -MSi <3*^ !««£ s&*>- <»<^< 3$r-s diades combine Art hath diversified what nature wrought. As doth the painter’s hand enrich the poet’s Parasite. Mistletoe. It clingeth, it ciingeth, and flourisheth still. And sucketh tliejuiv.es, its own veins to fill. Of the stem which supports it; a parasite bold. That will never leave go, having once taken hold. Participation, Double Daisy, The many-petaled flower, whose leaflets all Participate iu one receptacle. Paternal Error, Card a min e. The Cuckoo Flower with (t idle weeds that grow. Mid the sustaining corn ! entwined the brow Of Lear in his madness;” and irom thence Trace we its here implied significance. THE. ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND <* <& A V -4 *> »*®s» *• *» "* ^IP 9» %s 't* $• ^ «£ Patience Dock. * * ** *l»s» v > 4*4 Patience, In oldeu times an herb medicinal Used as a table esculent withal; So patience to th : miud as daily food, Or medicine in disease, alike is good. Peace. Olive. 4 IT 4 # When o’er the waste of waters dark. The dove returned unto the ark, The patriarch marked the Olive leaf it bore, And hailed th* messenger of Peace, t( Soon,” said he, “ shall the u aters cease, The righteous anger of the Lord is o'er,” 4 . ►V.v ft'®*? <&* t| v:t **4** * 4 a Pensiveness, Cowslip. Milton, the bard of Paradise, has saia. These “ Cowslips wan, that hang the pensive head ” And hence no fitter emblem may we find. For one that unto peusiveness inclined. Perfection, Fragrant, if small, and pleasant to the taste, Agreeable alike in form and hue; With nought unwholsomc, nought that seems mis placed. Perfection in the strawberry wc view. Strawberry. «3 4 #W* V 1 S 11 TEXT-BOOK OP FLOWERS. S3 a S3 ;L THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Pleasures of Memory. Periwinkle Thy v rdant leaves ami a/.ure fioweis, Recalled to Rosseau’s mind The memories of oygone hours, And friends whose hearts were kind. Pliability. Osier The bending Osier we mav twist and wind. Emblem ol pliability of mind. Sweet Briar Poetry, Oh, Eglantine, sweet Eglantine, How mb a dower of se«.nt is thi.ie! A perfume sweet unto the sense, As poetry’s own eloquence, Of deepest, tenueiest fee ing born, Anu bearing, e’en like ihce, a thorn. Uistus Popular favour, The little Rock Rose, oil it fades in a d: As popular favour passes away. Poverty, Evergreen Clematis Friends fly when poverty approaches ne*r; Not so the evergreen ttint clingeth still. And strives the desolate of heart to cheer. Lacking the power, may be, hut not the will TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS Precaution, b-olden Rod. With flo’rets wrapped in silkv down, to iruard it from the bee, Pie caution’s emblem we may well in Solidago sec. Precocity, May Rose. Early comer, ere the summer, Thou dost all thy sweets dispense, and all thj charms display; When June com^th, no bee hummeth Houiuj thy beauteous blossom, it hath hastened u decay: So precocious Summer flowers untimely fade away. Preference Apple Blossom >* ho would not thy bloom prefer, < if ripe fruit the harbinger, To the fairest flowers that blow, And about their odours throw. resumption, Snap Dragon " The stern and furious lion’s mouth ” Describe*! by Caiumella, thoudo>t wtar, Presuming thus to ape the ki..g of beasts. Pretension, Tiger Lm Who so gay as he, when drest In his spotted scarlet vest? What pretence is in his air; Mark him in the garden there ! THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Pride, Amaiylis. plendour is tblne-oh, bright autumnal flower! It Je belle,” I shine, the frenchman named thee mble'm of ptide, which triumphs for an hour, Then to destruction falls, as baton fell. Profit, Cauiini The only flower we may devour With pleasure and with profit too. The emblem is not much amiss. At least, I think so, do not you. Prolific, Fig iree - Abundantly the broad-leaved fig-tree bears ; Two crops of fruit the ripening influence sharer Within a single year. Oh, let us be _ Promise, Almond Blossom, It Mark well the flowering almonds in the wood, If odorous blooms the bearing branches load, The glebe will answer to the sylvan reign, _ Great heat will follow, and large crops of grain. • Thus Virgil sang, and we may well apply This meaning to the bloom of happy augury. TEXT-BOOK OP BLOWERS. 55 * 4 ? Ten-week Stock, Promptitude, Sow the seed, soon will spring Plants full prompt in blossoming. Beech Tree. Prosperity, So quick of growth, so fair to see. So flourishing, so high. Fit emblem of prosperity. To each admiring eye. Bearded Crepis. Protection, Protected by thy linear leaves. Where from the beard thy flowers expand So children grow to years mature. Protected by th’ Almighty hand. Clover Provident, Sow in good time the Trefoil, that in spring Will juicy herbage for the cattle bring; Cut it, and dry it, for the winter rack; Be provident, and thou shalt nothing lack Prudence, Mountain Ash. '« The storm or danger past, the Mountain Ash Securely to the gale disclosed its leaves.” So Claudian speaks: we add Be never rash; prudenee a safeguard round about us weaves. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Purification., Kue. In olden times, with bunches of sour Rue, Was holv water sprinkled by the priest. And hence the name was given, “ herb of (trace. Because it was employed to purify. Water Lily Purity, The stately flower, the spotless river queen, With silver chalices on stems of green. Uplifted aye to catch the morning: dews, ■Who can, to her the praise of purity refuse r Quicksightedness, Hawkw Food of the hawk, whose piercing eye Afar his quarry can espy : ... We give thv blossoms, golden bright. To those who are most keen of sight. Mandrake, Rarity, The wondrous plant of virtues strange and rare, « Whose root shows half a man,” J tis said, * whose Witi madness strikes.” So Calumelia tells. And better ’tis it should be rare, methinks. Reason, uoavs itu The Galega officinalis, known But little here, in such repute hath grown ’Monvstthe Italians, that it hath become Of reason emblematical with some. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS a ; 9 \l Reconciliation, Filberl They cling together, like friends reconciled. Who trladiy crack them in their conversation Pleasant it is, when anger thus beguiled, Dies in the arms of reconciliation. Refusal, Carnation, The varied pink “ with hues on hues,** Sweet maiden, taue this flower! Nay, if thou wilt the gift refuse, Hope hath no longer power. Religious Enthusiasm, ( rosR of Jerusalem! whence comes the name ? Why ait thou dear to Catholics and fame ? Because the mad enthusiast first brought Me from the Holy Land, where Christians fought For that religion, which, if understood, Had ever kept their hands from shedding blood. Lychni; Passion Flower, Superstition, The superstitious devotee beholds the crown of thorns in thee The cross, the nails; and weeps to s< The dreadful scene at Calvary. Remorse, Bramble, 'Hie thorny Bramble, emblem of remorse. Who would not shun its lacerating force i 1 ©' THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND 55 - Render me Chestnut Justice, Tree. As here it once did, so in other lands. My fruitage in high estimation stands ; Render me justice, Virgil points you where Are 44 cheese and chestnuts for good country fare. Resemblance, Spiked Speedwell. The little Veronica called 44 the bird's eye,” It hath a blue tint like a summer sky : True image the Greeks termed it, why should not we In its beauty and grace, fair resemolauce see? Reserve, Ma Folks too leserved, inethinks are found Like 44 Maple, seldom inward sound.” Resistance, Tansy It on a why or wherefore you insist, We say, the meanign can he hardly missed. Tansy was thought contagion to resist. Resolution, Cress It was an ancient saying and belief. That those who oft partook of cresses green, Straightway became of public men the chief. Of purpose firm, and resolute of mien. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOW FITS. Restoration Persicaria Hard by the spot this lovely flowret grew. Where it did please God’s mercy to restore The light of His benignant face once more, While from the stranded ark came creatures two nnd two. Reward of Merit, Bay Wreath. “ Victorious Edward gave the vernal bough Of Britain’s Bay to bloom on Chaucer's brow. So Warton sings and like a green Bay-tree Poetic merit ever verdantly Lives to refresh the heart and memory. Reward of Virtue, Crown of Hoses. In Salency, with Roses crowded Is she who is most virtuous found: Beauty and fragrance here unite, /Mid virtue well may claim the right To win and wear these roses bright. Riches, Wheat. Lo, what a wreath of golden lustre fills The valleys standing thick with ripening corn Behold the man the fruitful land that tills; It is for him glad Plenty fills her horn. Royalty, Angrec. In th£ Molucca Isles a parasite. Which blooms alone in elevated spots, JM»d therefore, it is said, designed to be Kmtwiued only around royal brows. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND MMMIMnniM * « * f Rudeness, Clot Ever changing, rough and rude. Even to the skirts of beauty; Careless where thou dost intrude. Without sense of love or duty. Rupture, Greek Valerian. As Pliny tells, disputing who this flower discovered first, The envy of the Grecian kings to open rupture burst. Rupture of a Contract, Thus I sever, from thee ever, To be reunited never. Broken Straw. >#> mwtiwwmiBi g tt w mtuw tw MctswMMn* TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. Sculpture, Hoya. When thou, fair climber, with thy tendrils fine, Kmbracest column, frieze, or architrave, And spread’st o’er all thy blossoms delicate. So like are they to statuary work, That it appears “ with bossy sculpture graven. Secresy. Maiden Hair. The botanist hath sought in vain Thy germinating parts to find, The secret only to the "ind Thou tell’st, and over hill and plain He bears thy seed, to multiply Thy silken tressed progeny. Sensuality, Spanish Jasmin. nut thy voluptous fragrance thou dost pour, Until tne sickening sense can bear no more. Separation, Trumpet Flower. The ash-leaved Trumpet flower, whose gay corollas 1 llrop off, and leave the pistil unprotected ; So lightly separate from those once loved, The fickle hearts that know not true affection. Vj Seventy, Branch of Thorn. Thorns in the flesh wc all must bear. Life’s trials are severe; If here the cmwn of thorns we wear, it is to humble and prepare Us for another sphere. .ft.- # 52 ^ THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS |^xx,xx*<;o 10 jO N / i X , X r* *: X ! Y f • X f \ / X !o X: i X A i'X jX : x |: * iX I X ' • y • y. /* j x x ii >■ I X ' r * v 'k; V.; M : < x'x'XX x >:; /~i THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND Heath. Solitude, On the lone mountain side, the purple heaih Blossometh freely, swayed by heaven s breath In the low valley, and the ruekv glen, And solitudes afar from hauuts of men. Sorrowful Remembrance, Adonis. The flower which sprang, as ancient fables tell. When 'neath the wild boar’s tusk Adonis fell, The youth beloved of Venus, from whose eyes Poured crystal tears, like raindrops from the skiea Soumes3, Baroerry. Sullen and sour with discontented mien. Hast thou a peevish maiden ever seen f Dost seek her emblem? recognise it here. She’s like the Barberry of taste austere. Scarlet Nasturtium Splendour, Plant of Peru, in glowing splendour drest. Like the flame-tinted glories of the west, When the great orb of day sinks to his rest; Splendour Dy thee is fitliest expressed. Fumitory. Spleen The poet saith, nor speaketh he in vain, «< The spleen with sullen vapours clouds the brain Smoke of the earth we Fumitory call, For like a vapour it o’erspreadeth all The ripening corn-field ; and the farmer's spleen is roused to see it creep the stalks between. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. *<^*S o^>4> Stoicism, Box Firm and smooth-grained, not easily Warped or turned aside, Like a stoic of old is the boxen tree Unmoved wkate’er betide. Strength, Cedar 1 he everlasting: cedar tree which towers Aloft upon the mountain, and defies Time and the tempest, emblem is of strength And durability; so famed of old. So prized and valued in these latter days. Success crown your wishes, Coron&la 7 he golden crown thou wearest. Gave thee the name thou bearest; Sweet odours float around thee, Rare beauty thee enriches ; So in our wreath we’ve bound thee To signify good wishes. Superstition, Veronica. Famed, in a superstitious age, for potency to quell The fury of demoniac rage, and witchcraft’s baietul spell. Surliness, Thistle. I am Sir Thistle, the surly; The rough, and the rude, and the burly ; I doubt if you’ll find My touch quite to your mind. Whether lute be your visit, or early. THE OKIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND ; ; i i I \ j \ Surprise, If thy dried leaves we pulverize* The sluggish brain to please; Thou dost the startled sense surprise, As sneeze quick follows sneeze. Eetony, Suspicion, Fungus So much alike, the wholsome and the bad, That with suspicion we must ever look Upon all members of the mushroom tribe. Sympathy, i We look for thee, oh, .Sympathy, In times of deep distress; Thy gentle balm soothes each alarm, And makes our sorrows less. :nt, White Pink Modest and unassuming. Diffusing fragrance round, The pure white Pink is blooming Within the garden’s bound. So talent unpresuming, And useful e'er is found. rarthness Flax-leaved laromess, Goldilock. In the full blaze of floral loveliness. Thou doest well, late bloomer, not to press ; There may be wisdom in thy tenderness. s | l \ < wJ TEXT-BOOK OE FLOWERS. mmmwjimzzmM. & vs iaate, Scarlet Fuschia. So fairly formed, go richly hoed. With grace and eloquence endued ; Where canst thou in our wreath be placed If not the emblem made of Taste ? Tears, Helenium Sprung, as # tSs fabled, from the tears of her Whose beautv caused the fatal Trnian xxmT4 • Whose beauty caused the fatal Trojan wars ; Thy golden blossoms to the tears of grief May well be likened. Temperance, Azalea. Let all thy joys consort with temperance. That will their value to enhance; In dryest soil the Azalea grows. Like virtue, where no ruby grape juice flows Temptation. Quince. The fruit of golden rind, which fable says Grew in the gardens of Hesperides: *Twas this, and not the apple, as some tell Which from the boughs of the forbidden tree Depending, tempted Eve to disobedience. Thankfulness, Agrimony. “ Nun of the fields," where Seine’s clear waters flow. Such is the name by which thy flowers they know; Thy small bells trembling to the wind’s caress, Seem to ring out a peal of thankfulness. S3 iTsrmm TI1E ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND ' wc Thought, Pansy. “ Pensez a moil” oifr Uallic neighbours say, Pansies in Shakspere’s verse will live for aye. Heart’s-ease some call the flower,—some, sweet pensee. Tendrils. Ties, The ties of affection, how closely they cling, Like tendrils a loved one encircling. White Poplar Time. Dark above with silver lining;, Ever are thy leaves in motion. Like the day and nieht entwining; checkered dance o*er laud and ocean. Marvel of Peru. Timidity, La Belle de Nuit, when Sol’s bright eye Shines full upon thee, thou dost shrink. Like some fair bather on the brink Of crystal fount, who doth espy A shadow stealing o’er the sky. And fears intrader may be nigh,— Sweet emblem of timidity! Tranquility, Stonecrop. In olden times ’twas thought this plant had power To tranquillize the wild distempered mind ; A cure for hydrophobia, hence’twas deemed, And tuns ’tis likened to tranquility. TEXT-BOOK OE FLOWERS. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND -sc*. Mushroom Upstart, Up in a night the Mushroom springs. And who hut he must be king of the mead . One loves not the sight of such upstart things Quickly they rise, and they fall with speed. Grass Utility, The commonest things may ofttimes be Those ot the greatest utility. How many uses hath Grass which growelh Wheresoever the wild wind bloweth. China Aster Variety, Chi: Rich in variegated dies. Are the China Asters, So enticing to the eyes Of young pleasure tasters. Darnel Vice, L As Darnel choaks the rising corn. And blights the farmer’s hope ; So vice in youthful bosoms born When it for growth hath scope. Makes vain the promise of the morn. Pai Symbolical of Victory; Because, of old, the struggle o’«t. The Victor aye the Palm-branch bore v TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS K£i /SBOt vivacity, Little soil thy roots require. Frost without, beneath thee fire; On the tiles thy leaves arc seen. Oh, vivacious evergreen ! Abecedary. V ohibility, Speech is silvern, silence golden So the sage hath taught; Those are idle word3 that be not Blossoms born of thought. V oluptuousne s 3 Tuoerose. As streams of melting music that dissolve The soul; as vows by passionate lovers breathed ; As female beauty to the sight unveiled in oil its glowing fulness of perfection t So to the sense thy scent voluptuous Cornea with a power ot dreamy fascination. v oracionsnes3, Lupin. From Lupus came Lupinus, hence thy name. Long, fur thy warlike nature, known to fame; Thou suckest nourishment from out the soil. And mak’st the share of other plants thy spoil. vulgarity, African Mangold, Gaily drest art thou, and so Vulgar minds love outward show: But their manners, like thy scent Want the ebarra intelligent. f ft ft .ij. j?: £; if- ft ft S'. JjV £V K &; ft . JJ-TF . W- i <£V f ft; ft' ft: § ft; « . ft; # ft; ft- «: # • ft: ' m ft ft ft: ft ft: ft : ft. ft ft: ft: ft THE OMENTAL LANGUAGE, ANL Warmth, of Temper, Peppermint. Good Sir! so, so! You are all in a glow! At a word, or a hint. Hot as Peppermint. Weakness, Moschatell. “ All wickedness is weakness,” so the bard Of paradise hath tauubt; Adoxa thou Art weak, ignoble, therefore art thou deemed Of wickedness an emblem meet. Achilloe Milifolium, the name Of one who counted war a glorious game. Was unto thee applied in ancient time ; And hence we liken thee To war, th* epitome Of human folly, misery, and crime. Widowhood, Sweet Sultan. The Fleur de Venns with sable leaf. That ever seems immersed in grief. And sighing out “ I’ve lost my all,”— Of widowhood symbolical. Winter of Age, Guelder Rose. Like the thin locks upon the brow of age, Wau-hued and chilly are thy blossoms. Dead as the young desires in frozen bosoms, Which thoughts ot love shall never more engage. War, Milfoil, or Yarrow. TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS O • ' Mulberry Tree Wisdom, Would you fin emblem of wisdom see, Behold it in the Mulberry Tree; His leafy dress he puts not on, 'Till Winter’s nipping frosts are gone Nightshade Witchcraft, Circean plant, why hold me fast VV ith those small hooks of thine ? I Mould begone, I feel like one O’er whom a dreamy spell is cast,— Drunk with enchanted wine. Worth beyond Beauty, Sweet Alyssum. Beauty will fade, but Worth decayeth never; One pleaseth for an hour, the other glads for ever. You are Cold, Hortensia. Fair art thou, surpassing fair, Many eyes thy charms admire. But no warmth of heart is there. Quickly do thy beauties tire. You are my Divinity, American. Cowslip. Dodecanthum,—twelve divinities! So Linnaeus named it from the llowrets twelve Which crown the emerald stem of this fair plant! What fitter offering to thee, who art my heart’s divinity ? •- ,~v W AND TIIE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, You are Perfect, Pine Apple. Epicurianu9 cries, ** You are perfect/* to the pine ; Lady, to iny heart and eves, Ail perfection seemeth thine ! \ You are rich in Garden Attractions, Ranunculus. Ranunculus beds with rich and varied dyes, Excite our admiration and surprise; But on thy beauties, maiden, when we gaze, Frt greater power have they to gladden and amaze, You are without Rose Pretension. Campion. In unadorned simplicity, A simple flower 1 offer thee, *Tis like thyself, without pretension. To challenge general attention. Ice Plant, You Freeze me, You freeze me, oh, yon freeze me. With that look so bleak and chill Death seems about to seize me. And ice my veins to fill. You Please all, Ripe Currants. Oh there is a fruit That all palates may suit, ■'Tis the fruit of the ribes, so crystalline ; There’s a maid from guile free. Pleaseth not only me, But all who come near her,—Oh, would she were mine 1 TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. Your Charms are engraven on my Heart, The shapely Spindle Tree hath close-grained wood, Whereon a deep and permanent impression . May be engravenso upon my heart ll Spindle Tree. Thy charms are all indelibly engraved. Milk Vetch, Your Presence softens my Pains, The Milk Vetch, it was thought of old Had properties medicinal. Maiden, when thee my eyes behold. My pains- are soothed and banished all. Your Qualities surpass your Charms, Ma petit mignion! ma petit mignlon! My cherished one! my loved l ray own \ Tliou’t plain to outward view, and yet There’s none so sweet aa my Mignionetto. Mignionette Youth, Fox-glove, Light as the down that clothes thy stems, Gay as thy freckled diadems, Ik youth, the season of delight. When earth and skies alike are hrlght. THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND > nv m**** c ^tim iwwf ww *tw «i i ysummi Yon will canse my Death, Hemlock Like the fell plant whose deadly juice Of Socrates the pulses stilled. If thou, oh maid, my suit refuse. By thy disdain my hope is killed. Elder Zealousness, The Elder with its curly leaf And purple berries, stands for zeal. Its services, nor few nor brief. Are ever proffered for man’s weal. Lemon Zest, Lemon, the last but not the least. Which giveth a zest to the feast; May our book give a zest to the hour Of innocent mirth, and each flower A moral and meaning convey To instruct and to gladden for aye. & -w TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS mmi WlttlMIftt. Fickleness Volubility Chaste Love Art Abatina Abecedary . Acacia Acanthus Aconite leaved Crowfoot . Lustre Sorrowful remembrance Adonis African Mary gold Vulgarity Agnus Castus . Chastity Agrimony Almond Tree Aloe Althaea Frutex Amaranth Amarylis Ambrosia Thankfulness Heedlessness Affliction Persuasion Immortality Pride Love returned i THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND $ You ore my Divinity Inspiration Royalty Preference Old Age Care for the Heart ✓ Ache Lamentation Lasting Regret Painting J Temperance f American Cowslip Angelica Angrec Apple Blossom Arbor Vitas . Ascelpius Aspen Tree Asphodel Auricnla Azalea . Bachelors* Brittons Balsam Balm Balm Gentle Barberry Single Blessedness Impatience Care and Sympathy Pleasantry Sourness < Bay Wreath Reward of Merit Basil . Hatred Bay Berry . . Instruction flf ■ Bay Leaf . Ichange hut in Dying iff 1 i : V* <’v • 1 * © TEXT-BOOK OB FLOWERS Blue Campanula Boquet, a Borage . Constancy Gallantry Eluntness, or Rough Bearded Crepis Bee Orchis . Beech Tree . Protection Industry Grandeur and Pros¬ perity Surprise Insinuation Meekness Km ■ Betony . Bindweed W- Birch Tree . . Bitter sweet Night- Truth Courage Difficulty Frivolity shade Black Poplar Black Thorn Bladder Senna Blue Bottle Cen- tuary Delicacy ness Stoicism '( Envy and Remorse t Severity Rupture of a contructK _ % UOK $. Bramble Branch of Thorn . ! Broken Stray/ MS, 0 » 0 4V V THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND aapncs "..men hi —Uluru ■ TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS O* '£■&(?: \*-3 - . •••:• . .•^•>>'•€>8=^0 ■ >.- ‘ •: -9>-£. • '' '■>< Beaut// always New , and Grace Cheerfulness under , Adversity Popular Favor Rudeness Provident Gossip Singularity Folly My best days are past w Justice shall be done .. I burn Complaisance China Rose . Chrysanthemum . Cistus . Clot-bur Clover . Cobcea . Cock’s-comb Columbine . Colchicum . Coltsfoot Common Cactus . Common Reed Convolvolus Major Convolvolus Minor Coriander Coronella complaisance Extinguished Hopes •• i Night Concealed Merit Success crown your wishes m, Cowslip Crab Apple . reeping Cereus . Pensiveness Ill-nature Horror THE OMENTAL LANGUAGE, AND f» m *8 I A ^ '<3s 4 * A" «& Cress . Crowfoot Crown Imperial Crown of Roses Cuckoo-Pint. Cudweed Cyclamen Cypress Daffodil Dahlia . Resolution Ingratitude Majesty Reward of Virtue Ardour Never-ceasing Re¬ membrance Diffidence Death Deceitful Hope Instability & % ««P *$> g < r ’ .' f : < : r : v-: • iyt i : ( : Oi /*%» Ebony . Eglantine Elder . Endive . Blackness Simplicity Zealousness Frugality Evening Primrose Inconstancy Evergreen Clematis Poverty Everlasting Pea . Lasting Pleasure Faded Leaves . Melancholy Fennel-leaved Ge¬ ranium . . Ingenuity Fig . . . Argument Fig Marygold . Idleness Fig Tree . . Prolific Filbert . . . Reconciliation Flax . . . Fate Flax-leaved Gold locks . . Tardiness Fly Orchis , Error •***£3$^ '> igfsf* - ©♦+&SC? OfcSMfcK *^H^SS^'staiW< *>*t»9S4>.S>S6 THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND _ ! _ Faithfulness Youth Celibacy Jealousy ' Forget me-not Fox-glove . L J French Willow French Marigold French Honeysuckle Rustic Beauty Fritillary . . Persecution ' Frog Orphreys Full-blown Rose ^ Fullers’Teasel Disgust Beauty Austerity, and Mi¬ santhropy Spleen Fumitory Garden Anemone Expectation Garden Chervil . Sincerity Garden Marigold. Uneasiness, or Jea - lousy Garden Ranunculus You are rich in at tractions Genista . . Neatness Geranium . . Gentility Goat’s Rue . . Reason Golden Rod . , Precaution c t C < V o 1-BOOK OF FLOWERS. o. '■ ; • • v. - '-V THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND ipomsea . . Attachment Iris Eloquence, and hies- y* senger Ivy • . Fidelity in Friend - jp ship Japan Rose . Beauty is your only ijE£ attraction Jonquil .. . Desire Juniper . . Asylum Larkspur Levity, Lightness s Fickleness Laurel . Glory Laurel-leaved Marigoid . Dignity Laurustinus . . 1 die, if neglected Lavender . Assiduity Lemon . . Zest Lettuce Cold Heartedness Lilac ■ » • Forsaken ! jy Lily of the Valley Return of Happiness F Lime Tree . . Conjugal Fidelity TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS, London Pride Lotus . Love in a puzzle Love Match Silence Embarrassment . Lucern „ » * Life ;■ Lunaria « . Honesty Lupin . • . Voraciousness Lychnis . Religious Enthusiasm Madder . Calumny Maiden’s Hair . Secrecy Mandrake • . Rarity Maple . • , Reserve Marigold * . Despair . Marjoram • . Blushes | Marsh Mallow . Humanity Marvel of Peru . Timidity j May Rose • . Precocity ' Mercury • . Goodness Jcti Mezerian Michaelmas Daisy Desire to Please Cheerfulness in old Age Mignionette . Milfoil, or Yarrow Milk Vetch . Milkwort Mistletoe Monk’s-hood Moon-wort . Moschatell . Mossy Saxifrage . Mountain Ash Mouse-ear Chick- weed Moving Plant Mulberry Tree Mushroom . Musk Rose . Myrtle . Narcissus Nightshade . Your Qualities sur¬ pass your Charms War Your Presence soft¬ ens my Pains A Hermitage Parasite Knight errantry Forgetfulness Weakness Maternal Love Prudence Ingenuous simplicity , Agitation Wisdom Upstart Caprice Love Egotism Witchcraft Oak Tree Hospitality Olive . Peace Orange Blossom . M arriage Orange Tree Generosity Osier . Pliability Ox-eye Obstacle Palm Victory Pansy . . Thought Parsley Feast Passion Flower . Superstition Patience Dock Patience Peach Blossom Perfidy Peony . Shame Peppermint . Warmth of Temper Periwinkle . Pleasures of Memory Persicaria Restriction Peruvian Heliotrope Intoxicated with Phlox . Pimpernel Pleasure . . Unanimity . . Assignation THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND wmmmzmminsmmsmmmmmmzmTismm t ymKsmrnsrmnmsx TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS Taste Splendour Bashfuines is Scailet Nasturtium Sensitive Plant . Rue Rush Purification Docility Saffron Flower Sage * Sardony . Scarlet Auricula. Do not abusi Esteem Irony Avarics Scarlet Fuschia Silver Fir Small Bindweed Elevation Obstinacy Small White Bell Flower . Gratitude Presumption Consolation in Sor row Jest or Banter Sensuality Adroitness Momentary Happixes* | Snap Dragon | Snowdrop . Southernwood Spanish Jasmin Spider Orphreys j Spider-wort . ■Hy miiM Spiked Speedwell. Resemblance Spindle Tree. . Your Charms are engraven on my Heart Squirting Cucumber Critic Star.wort . . After thought Stinging Nettle St. John’s Wort Stock . Stonecrop Sun-flower . Strawberry . Swallow-wort Sweet Alyssum Sweet Briar . Sweet Pea . 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