. 't* . •&* ' ■ ^ ' Vy , ! If- £ . .M: ■ * a! •- Ml) \ * THE LANGUAGE OF FLORA. BT EMMA C. EMBURY. “All the Token-Flowers that tell What words can never speak so well.” BYRON. NEW YORK: RIKEK, THORNE, & CO. 129 FULTON ST. 1854. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 18-45, by J. C. R1KER, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New Y6rk. Stereotyped by Redfield & Savage, 13 Chambers street, N. Y. THE LANGUAGE OP FLORA BY EMMA C. EMBURY. 11 AH the Token-Flowers that tell What words can never speak so well.** BYRON. NEW YORK: RIKER, THORNE, & CO. 129 FULTON ST. 1854 . V A ULLT G R l %o Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by J. C. R1KER, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York. 9 oJk ' W** Stereotyped by Redfield «fe Savage, 13 Chambers street, N. Y. PREFACE. In the present age of utilitarianism, it seems almost audacious to come before the public with an offering better suited to the days when a token-flower from lady’s hand was the richest reward of minstrel song, or knightly exploit. But however changed may be the tone which now echoes from the world’s great heart, there are some chords in human nature that must ever vibrate to the soft and gentle touch of affection. The crown of violets, which was the poet’s meed in the days of Clemence Isaure, was but a type of the sweet thoughts his song can still awaken J and the device which the warrior bore on his stainless shield, was only a symbol of the high-toned nature which still influences earth’s nobler spirits. The age of knight-errant¬ ry has long since passed away, but chivalry, in all its highest and holiest influences, still exists, and can never be lost to the world, while woman is true to her own sweet nature, and man for¬ gets not his duties toward her, and the privi¬ leges they involve. ' 4 PREFACE. The fancy which has associated Love and Po¬ etry with flowers, comes nearer to spiritualized truth, than all the reasonings of science. Flow¬ ers are the poetry of creation ; and if we regard earth as a scroll written over by the finger of God, we may look upon the flowers as the rich emblazonment of its mystic truths. The little volume now offered to those who have not forgotten the stirrings of youth Within their hearts, differs fiom other works of floral sentiment, inasmuch as it is not a compilation, but a collection of original poems. Some of the pieces have appeared before, in various periodi¬ cals, and under various signatures. They are now for the first time claimed ; and, though per¬ haps but little worthy of appropriation," yet have that value which the simple philosophy of Touchstone recognises: “ A poor tiling, sir, but mine own.” It only remains to add, that a copious Floral Dictionary, compiled from various sources, has been appended, for the benefit of those who love to find “tokens in flowers, symbols in every leaf.” E. C. E. / INDEX. Page. ZINNIA: ABSENCE— Come to me, Love.... 9 FOXGLOVE: I AM NOT CHANGED— They told me thou wert cold and changed. 10 CHINESE HONEYSUCKLE: LOVE UNSOUGHT— They tell me that I must not love. 12 MICHAELMAS DAISY: FAREWELL— Go, dearest one, nor think my heart.... 13 MEADOW-SAFFRON: MY BEST DAYS ARE ' PAST— My locks still wear their sunny brown. 15 SPIDER-WORT: I ESTEEM, BUT DO' NOT LOVE YOU— Naj', leave me now, and let us part.--- -- YEW: SORROW— Sorrow lias changed all nature to my view. 18 MEZEREON: LOVE IN A SNOW-WREATH— Lovelier?' Nol for passion blendeth. 19 HUNDRED-LEAVED ROSE: PRIDE— I’ve won thee to love me, all cold as thou art...»«» 21 LILY OF THE NILE: MAIDEN PURITY— Be thine the emblem, sweet one. 22 VARIEGATED PINK: REFUSAL— No, dearest one, not mine the hand. 24 PURPLE HEART’S-EASE: MY THOUGHTS ARE THINE— How have I tliohght of thee ?. 25 PURPLE LILAC: FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE— The time has been when my young heart--.. 26 LAVENDER: DISTRUST— Too late I too late! in days of yore--—- 27 6 INDEX. Page. FLOWERING REED: CONFIDENCE IN HEAV¬ EN— It is in vain the weary spirit strives. 29 EVERLASTING: NEVER-CEASING REMEM¬ BRANCE— My heart is with its early dream. 30 TUSSILAGE: YOU SHALL HAVE JUSTICE— Oli! do not call her false. 32 GRAPE-VINE: RECKLESS MIRTH— Ay, give me wine!. 32 ROSEMARY: REMEMBRANCE— Thou hast left us, and for ever. 34 SNOWDROP: CONSOLATION— Oh 1 chase that dusky shadow from thy brqw. 36 SILVER-LEAVED GERANIUM: RECALL— The weary day! the weary day!. 36 NIGHT-BLOOMING JESSAMINE: LOVE’S VIGIL— She slumbered, and unseen I gazed. 37 PERIWINKLE: SWEET REMEMBRANCES— Oli! lovely is yon sunset sky.. 39 MOSS: MATERNAL AFFECTION— Go I dearest one, my selfish love. 40 ALOE: MISPLACED DEVOTION— Oh ! wo to those who quench the holy spark. 42 AMBROSIA: LOVE RETURNED— Affection wins affection.. 43 WHITE ROSE: I AM WORTHY OF YOU— When ’mid the festive scene we meet... 46 VIRGIN’S BOWER: FILIAL LOVE— My father, weep not that my cheek.-. 47 EVENING PRIMROSE: INCONSTANCY— Pledge to thy Lady.. 49 ORANGE FLOWER: A BRIDAL-WREATH— No voice but that of gladness.. 60 YELLOW ACACIA: CONCEALED LOVE— I would not love thee.... 62 VERNAL GRASS: POOR BUT HAPPY— We ’ll have a cot. .. ..—• - 63 INDEX. 7 ASPHODEL: MY REGRETS FOLLOW YOU— When in the shadow of the tomb... 65 VIOLET: MODESTY— Dearly I love these simple flowers...... 66 HELIOTROPE: DEVOTION— Mine eyes are pained with watching.. 67 MONEYWORT: TRANSIENT FRIENDSHIP— We shall meet no more. 68 LEMON VERBENA: SENSIBILITY— I am not cold. 60 BEE OPHRYS: ERROR— Thou hast mistaken me. 61 MUSK ROSE: CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY— Bear with me, dearest.. 62 THRIFT:SYMPATHY— I loved thee, not because thj r brow. 63 ROSE ACACIA: FRIENDSHIP— In the May of life we met. 65 CYPRESS: DESPAIR— They deck thee as a bride... 66 FIR: TIME— Oh! sufler not a cloud thy brow to darken. 67 TRUMPET FLOWER: FAREWELL— Farewell to thee, Love... 69 HOLLY: AM I FORGOTTEN— I am not changed.... 70 BELL-FLOWER: GRATITUDE— Beloved one, beloved o»ie.... 73 MARYGOLD: INQUIETUDE— Methought the icy hand of Time had stilled. 74 SPEEDWELL: FIDELITY— He woos me in the honeyed words.. 75 YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM : SLIGHTED LOVE- Tlie struggle is over. mmm 77 PHEASANT’S EYE: SORROWFUL REMEM¬ BRANCES— It was a lady, young and fair.. 78 8 INDEX. Taff!. LAURUSTINUS: I DIE IF NEGLECTED— Oh l tell me not of lofty fate. 80 PURPLE HYACINTH: GRIEF— No more, no more my heart.. 81 HAWTHORN: PATIENT HOPE— I know thou lovest me not. 82 AMARANTH: IMMORTAL HAPPINESS— Not in wealth’s gorgeous halls.-.. 84 WHITE POPPY: FORGETFULNESS— Oil! for one draught of Lethe now-........... 86 SNOWBALL: THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN— Go forth at eventide.. 87 WOODBINE: FRATERNAL LOVE— Come back, come back, my brother...... 90 NIGHTSHADE: DARK THOUGHTS— Oh! is this, then, the common lot.-. 91 ELDER: COMPASSION— I loved thee not.-.. 93 ALMOND-TREE: HEEDLESSNESS— When like a fairy scdne in youth.. 96 SWEET-BRIER: POETRY— Mournfully my spirit turns.- 96 DOUBLE-FLOWERING CHERRY: SPIRITUAL BEAUTY— There is a form that visits me in dreams.. 98 LOVE’S TOKEN-ELOWERS. i ZINNIA. —Zinnia. Absence. Come to me, Love ; forget each sordid duty That chains thy footsteps to the crowded mart, Come, look with me upon earth’s summer beauty, And let its influence cheer thy weary heart. Come to me, Love ! Come to me, Love ; the voice of song is swelling From nature’s harp in every varied tone, And many a voice of bird and bee is telling A tale of joy amid the forests lone ; Come to me, Love ! 10 love’s token-flowers. Come to me, Love ; my heart can never doubt thee, Yet for thy sweet companionship I pine ; Oh, never more can joy be joy without thee, My pleasures, even as my life, are thine ; Come to me, Love ! FOXGLOVE. —Dioitalis. “ I am not changed—they wrong me." They told me thou wert cold and changed, That thou hadst quite forgot The friendship that once bound our hearts, Ere sorrow marked thy lot; But when on thy familiar face I fix my saddened gaze, ‘ And listen to thy well-known voice, The echo of past days, The pleasant memories of youth Come thronging round my heart, I think but of the friend thou wert , And heed not what thou art.- e love's token-flowers. 11 But yet I can not deem thy soul From friendship quite estranged, Not always are the feelings chilled When most the mien is changed; There is a sadness in thine eye, A shadow on thy brow, ^ Which tells me that the hand of care Has done its work ere now ; And who would judge by common rule The heart that deeply grieves ? What eye may pierce beyond the veil Which silent sorrow weaves ? Oh ! when in after life the heart From hollow friendship turns, How often o’er its early dreams In bitterness it yearns, How oft it pines with vain regret O'er memories of the past, Wiien all the gloom that dimmed its sky By April clouds was cast; And then, when all too late, it learns a ■ How much more holy truth 12 LOVE’S TOKEN-FLOWKKJ. Than e’er again can bless the heart, Was in the love of youth. CHINESE HONEYSUCKLE.— Loni-_ CERA FLEXUOSA. Love unsought. They tell rne that I must not love, That thou wilt spurn the free And unbought tenderness that gives Its hidden wealth to thee ; It may be so; I heed it not, Nor would I change my blissful lot, When thus I am allowed to make My heart a ^bankrupt for thy sake. They tell me when the fleeting charm Of novelty is o’er, Thou’It turn away with careless brow, And think of me no more ; It may be so: enough for me If sunny skies still smile o’er thee, love’s token-flowers. 13 Or I can trace, when thou art far, Thy pathway lilto a distant star. MICHAELMAS DAISY.— Aster Alpi- NUS. Farewell. Go, dearest one, nor think my heart Will ever breathe a sigh, Because it never more may share Thy glorious destiny, My love has never sought reward, ’T was joy enough for me To dwell within my solitude, And cherish thoughts of thee. While yet- a child I freely gave Affection's untold wealth, Since then I’ve seen the swift decay Of hope, and joy, and health, Yet murmured not at Heaven’s decree, Though thus of all bereft, 14 LOVE’S T 0 KE N - F L OWE R S. While thou, beloved, wert at my side, A world of bliss was left. Though other ties thy soul may bind, Though we are doomed to part, Yet still it is no sin to hide Thine image in my heart; So sweet, so holy was the spell By Love around me cast, That even now I would not wake, Although the charm be past. Within thy memory by-past days Will leave a pleasant trace, Not all another’s happier love Those bright tints can efface ; Her lot must be a joyous one, If thou her fate control, But I have known that higher bliss — A union of the soul. Farewell, beloved one: when thy brow The laurel-crown shall bind, LOVE’S T O KE N-FLO WERS. 15 When men are taught by thee to own^ The sovereignty of mind, Then think of one who looks on thee With more than woman’s pride, And glories in the thought that she Has been thy spirit’s bride. MEADOW SAEERON -CoLGHicstTM AUTTJMNALIS. “ My best days are past." My locks still wear their sunny brown, M y cheek, unfurrowed, glows with health, And though life’s sands are running down, The miser mind still guards its wealth. Mine eye is bright, though steeped in tears, My limbs with vigoi still are strung, And measuring life by strength, not years, I feel my heart, my heart is young ! 16 LOVE’S token-flowers. SPIDER-WORT, —Tbadebcantia. “ I esteem, but do not love you.'’ Nay, leave me now, and let us part With friendship’s smiles at last; Thou canst not win this worthless heart , Its dreams of joy are past, And never can I bend the knee # As Love’s impassioned votary. For I have loved, and still my brow A trace of suffering wears ; My weary eyes are even now Clouded with unshed tears : Oh, why should aught so gentle be The harbinger of misery ? Alas ! to look in eyes that hold Our all of earthly light, And pray to meet a glance less cold— A smile less calmly bright, love’s token-flowers. 17 Met ever meet their chilling beam, Like moonlight o’er a frozen stream : To hang upon the words that fall Prom lips we love, in vain Some hidden meaning to recall, Some shadowy hope to gain, To treasure every sigh and smile, Yet find fresh food for grief the while : Is not this misery 1 Yet this Has -vyorn my heart away ; Then tell not o’er thy hopes of bliss, Mine bloomed but to decay, Like wind-sown flowers in some deep cave Their gloomy birthplace was their grave. Methinks my life has been so drear, That e’en should fortune give All that would be on earth most dear, I scarce could wish to live ; My heart has been so worn with sighs, It could not breathe hope’s melodies. 18 love's T 0 KE N - F L 0 WE RS. YEW.—Taxxts Conifera. Sorrow. Sorrow has changed all nature to my view ; The woods are still as green, the fields as gay, The stars are still as bright, the sky as blue, As when they charmed me in my childhood’s day ; But now, in all their beauty I can see Something that ever ’minds me of decay ; Some leafless branch deforms the stately tree,- Some blight still lingers on the buds of May, The starry watchers wear a softened light, As if I gazed on them through gathering tears ;— But when I turn to yon pure sky, a bright And glorious vision to my mind appears, Making the earth seem dull beyond compare, Since only Heaven above is changeless as ’tis fair. love’s t o k e n - f l o w e r s. 19 HEZEEEON.-Dapehi Mezereum. Love in a snow-wreath. Love her 1 No ! for passion blendeth Ever with the heart’s young dream, And earth’s evil shadow lendeth Darkness to life’s purest beam ; Still with jealous hopes and fears Love has marked his weary lot, Tracing every step by tears ; Then be sure 1 love her not. Love her ? No ! such fire ne’er burneth Save when sighing fans the flame, While the bosom wildly yearneth, Nursing' hopes it dares not name ; Since desires the soul may stir, Vague and vain, yet unforgot, 1 would guard sweet thoughts of her, But be sure to love her not. 20 LO\E'S token- flowers Love her 1 No ! my heart inurneth Ashes she can ne’er illume, And the light that in me burneth Shines, a lamp within a tomb ; On my brow the seal is set, Sorrow never sets in vain,_ Time may teach me to forget, But I can not love again. Love her ? No ! pure, deep devotion, Such as angel hearts might prize, Stills my bosom’s wild emotion, When I meet her earnest eyes ; Like a high and holy star, Cheereth she my Ibnely lot: I may worship from afar, But be sure I love her not. love’s token-flowers HUNDRED-LEAVED ROSE.— Rosa Centifolia. Pride. “ The Ladye was lovely, the Ladye was young, And pride curled her lip, as she merrily sung.” I >VE won thee to love me, all cold as thou art, I >ve won thee to love me, untameable heart For this every joy of my life has been given, For this I have risked every promise of Heaven ; J’ve won thee to love me—I hold thee in thrall, And the sight of thy bondage repays me for all. I >ve won thee to love me, untameable heart I we won thee to love me, and now-let us part: Thou mayst throw off my fetters with haughty disdain. But the scar and the aching must ever remain ; My toils may seem frail as the wood-spider’s net, But Love’s spell is upon thee-thou const not forget. love’s token-flowers. THE EILY OE THE NILE.— Calia -23thiopica. Maiden Purity. Be thine the emblem, sweet one—watch and pray, Win thy young, stainless heart from earthly things ; Oh ! wait not thou till life’s bright morning ray Only o’er blighted hopes its radiance flings, But give to Heaven thy sinless spirit now, Ere sorrow’s tracery mar thy placid brow. Sinless and pure thou art, yet is thy soul Filled with a maiden’s vague and pleasant dreams, Sweet fantasies that mock at truth’s control, Like atoms round thee float in fancy’s beams; But trust them not, young dreamer—bid them flee, They have deceived all others, and will thee. -------I LOVE’S TOKEN-FLOWERS. 23 Well can I read thy thoughts - thy gentle heart (Already woman’s in its wish to bless) Now longs for one to whom it may impart Its untold wealth of hidden tenderness, And yearns to know the meaning of the thrill That wakes when fancy stirs affection’s rill. Thou dreamest of love’s happiness,-the deep And placid joy which poets paint so well. Alas ! our passions, even when they sleep, Like ocean waves, are heaved with secret swell, And they who hear the frequent, low-breathed sigh, Know ’tis the wailing of the storm gone by. Vain, vain are all thy visions ; couldst thou know The secrets of a woman’s weary lot, Oh! couldst thou read upon her pride-veiled brow Her wasted tenderness, her love forgot. In humbleness of heart thou wouldst kneel down, And pi ay for strength to wear her martyr crown. 24 LOVE'S T O K E N-FL 0 WE R S. VARIEGATED PINE.-Dianthus Va- EIEGATUS. Refusal. No, dearest one, not mine the hand To bind thy free and tameless heart, In fetters which thou canst not break When changeful fancy bids us part. Be it my task alone to bear The daily strengthening chain, And thou mayst wreathe its links with flowers But never feel its pain. The slender fibre which unites The young peach-blossom to the bough, Is not more fragile than the tie That binds our hearts together now; “i et better thus, for when the storm Sweeps o’er us, as it will. It can but rend the fading flower, The branch may flourish still. love’s token-flowers. 25 I PURPLE HEART’S-EASE.— Viola Tri¬ color. “ You occupy my thoughts .” How have I thought, of thee ? as flies The dove to seek her mate, Trembling lest some rude hand has made Her sweet home desolate ; Thus timidly I seek in thine, The only heart that throbs with mine. How have I thought of thee 1 as turns The flower to meet the sun, E’en though, when clouds and storms arise, It be not shone upon ; Thus, dear one, in thine eye I see The only light that beams for me. How have I thought of thee 7 as dreams The mariner of home, When doomed o’er many a weary waste Of waters yet to roam ; 26 love’s token-flowers. / Thus doth my spirit turn to thee, My guiding star o’er life’s wild sea. How have I thought of thee ? as kneels The Persian at the shrine Of his resplendent god, to watch His earliest glories shine ; Thus doth my spirit bow to thee, My soul’s own radiant deity. PURPLE LILAC. —Strxnoa. First emotions of love. The time has been when my young heart Was like an untried lute, Full of earth’s sweetest melodies, Yet all untouched and mute, Save when, perchance a passing breath, Like zephyr’s laden wings, Might call a broken melody Forth from its silent strings. love’s token-flowers. 27 Thine was the hand, beloved one, To touch that silent heart, And teach the tones of happy love Which now it can impart; Like Memnon’s harp it could not wake Beneath a lowlier light, But poured its full and perfect tone To greet the sunbeam bright. LAVENDER.—L avandula. Distrust. Too late ! too late ! in days of yore, Thy voice has thrilled through heart and brain, For then I knelt, as never more f I kneel at woman’s shrine again ; Then hadst thou breathed one tender sigh I had lain humbled at thy feet, E’en though, like Bramah’s votary, 1 Could only hope my death to meet. But I have borne the weight of ill, Have suffered all a lover’s fate, 28 LOVE’S T O K E N - F L O W E R S. Until my heart benumbed and chill, Can only feel thou comest too late ; The joys that blessed our early youth, The hopes that o’er my pathway shone, Love’s perfect trustfulness and truth, Its sweet unselfishness, is gone. Within my bosom’s secret cell Love, lonely hermit, still abides, But ah ! '’neath memory’s cowl too well Ilis roseate wreath of joy he hides ; Ay, Love is there, but pale and worn, Ilis weary vigil still he keeps Beside the voiceless burial urn, Where happiness for ever sleeps. No more I breathe the anguished praye. No more I wake the yearning cry; The haunting demons of despair Now couched in sullen silence lie ; Distrust has come our hearts between, A sense of wrong in both has dwelt; love’s token-flowers. 29 We can not be what we have been, We can not feel as we have felt. FLOWERING- REED. —Abuhdo Do¬ nas. Confidence in Heaven. It is in vain the weary spirit strives With that which doth consume it:—there is born A strength from suffering which can laugh to scorn The stroke of sorrow, even though it hives Our very heart-strings but the grief that lives For ever in the heart, and day by day Wastes the soul’s high-wrought energies away, And wears the lofty spirit down, and gives Its own dark hue to life, oh! who can bear? Yet, as the black and threatening tempests bring 30 love’s tokks-flowers. New fragrance to earth’s flowers and tints more fair, So beneath sorrow’s nurture virtues spring. Youth, health, and hope, may fade, but there is left A soul that trusts in Heaven, though thus of all bereft. EVERLASTING. —Gnaphalium. Never-ceasing Remembrance. My heart is with its early dream, It can not turn away To seek again the hopes of earth, Or mingle with the gay; The dew-nursed flower that lifts its head Beneath the shades of night, Must wither when the sunbeam sheds Its fervid warmth and light. My heart is with its early dream, And vainly Love’s sweet power love’s token-flowers. 31 Would weave a spell around that heart In some unguarded hour ; I would not that some pitying one Should hear my frequent sigh: The deer that bears his death wound turns In loneliness to die. My heart is with its early dream, I never can forget The fantasy whose faded light Illumes my spirit yet; The setting sun may sink in clouds Beneath the glowing main, While long upon heaven’s darkening brow Those clouds his light retain. My heart is with its early dream, Yet there are moments still, When, like a pulse within my soul, I feel joy’s transient thrill; For never to a listless ear Was friendship’s language spoken, The blast that rends the wind-god’s harp May leave one string unbroken. / 32 love’s token-flowers. SWEET-SCENTED TUSSILAGE.- Tussilago Eragrans. “ You shall have Justice.” Oh ! do not call her false, nor say That, like an eastern Khan, her heart Admits new guests each coming day, And careless sees the old depart. ’Tis rather like some idol-fane Whose votive garlands all may twine, And many kneel in homage vain, While only one may deck the shrine. GRAPE VINE. —Vitis Vinifera. Reckless Mirth. Ay, give me wine, and let me quaff To the light-winged loves around me, Fill high the bowl, and we will laugh At the rose chains that once bound me, rove’s T 0 KE N - F L 0 WE R S'. 31 Would weave a spell around that heart In some unguarded hour ; I would not that some pitying one Should hear my frequent sigh: The deer that bears his death wound turns In loneliness to die. My heart is with its early dream, I never can forget The fantasy whose faded light Illumes my spirit yet; The setting sun may sink in clouds Beneath the glowing main, While long upon heaven’s darkening brow Those clouds his light retain. My heart is with its early dream, Yet there are moments still, When, like a pulse within my soul, I feel joy’s transient thrill; For never to a listless ear Was friendship’s language spoken, The blast that rends the wind-god’s harp May leave one string unbroken. 32 love’s T O K E N - F L O W E R S. SWEET-SCENTED TITS SILAGE.— Tussilago Ebagrans. “ You shall have Justice .” Oh ! do not call her false, nor say That, like an eastern Khan, her heart Admits new guests each coming day, And careless sees the old depart. ’Tis rather like some idol-fane Whose Votive garlands all may twine, And many kneel in homage vain, While only one may deck the shrine. GRAPE VINE. —Vitis Vinifera. Reckless Mirth. At, give me wine, and let me quaff To the light-winged loves around me, Fill high the bowl, and we will laugh At the rose chains that once bound me, love’s token-flowers 33 Call in the guests, and I will smile, With a brow as free from sorrow, As if my heart was glad the while, And looked for as glad a morrow. Ay, give me wine; to me ’tis fraught With a spell of daily gladness, For it drowns the voice of that lonely thought Whose whispers are full of sadness ; Then serve the feast, and we will drink To the present’s fleeting pleasures, Let me drain the cup, for I would not think Of the past with its buried treasures. Ay, give me wine ; I’ll cull to-night, From the wreath by passion braided, Some blossoms rainbow-hued, and bright, Some leaflets still unfaded ; , For while young beauty’s beaming eye On my blighted brow reposes, I’ll pledge the love that awakes no sigh, And gather life’s thornless roses. 3 34 love’s tokin-floweks, ROSEMARY. —Rosmabinus Officina¬ lis. Remembrance. Thou hast left us, and for ever ; The light of those sweet eyes, Will beam upon us never Till we meet beyond the skies. Life’s sunshine was around thee, The world looked glad and bright, And the ties of love that bound thee Might have stayed t.hy spirit’s flight; But the bonds that earth entwineth Are all too weak to stay, When the far off Heaven shineth, The spirit’s upward way. Thou hast left us, and for ever ; Thy smile of quiet mirth, Thy low sweet voice shall never Soothe our aching hearts on earth; love’s token-flowers. The joys thy presence cherished Like mourning dreams have fled, And many a fair hope perished Upon thy narrow bed. For the love that we have borne thee Thy loss we needs must weep, But even while we mourn thee, We envy thee thy sleep. SNOWDROP. —Galanthus Nivalis. Consolation. Oh ! chase that dusky shadow from thy brow, Mine own best love, for though a threatening cloud, May seem the future scenes of life to shroud, Though like a way-benighted traveller, now, Thou wanderest on with painful steps and slow, Yet thou dost bear a soul too high and proud, To be by earthly suffering crushed and bowed. Bear up awhile: e’en as from every blow That felled the fabled Titan to the earth, He rose with strength redoubled to the strife, KEN-FLOWERS. 36 LOVE’S TO So Shalt thou find thy very griefs give birth To strength sufficient for the ills of life. Thou stoodst unblenched ’mid passion's fearful war, Then let not sorrow now thy soul’s bright beau y mar. SILVER-LEAVED GERANIUM. Pe¬ largonium Argentifolia. Recall. The weary day the weary dar Its endless round I trace, And vainly seek with tale and song The heavy hours to chase ; But in thy absence idle all Such arts, beloved, must be ; The hours but fly on eagle’s wings When I am near to thee. Unwaked by thy sweet voice, my lute Has lost its wonted tone Love’s token-flowers. 37 Or if perchance I touch its strings It breathes of pain alone ; Unlighted by thy sunbright smile My wild flower wTeath is dead, Too worthless now its faded bloom To deck thy gentle head. But when the lengthened shadows fall To close the drooping flowers, No longer do I vainly chide The slowly lagging hours ; For ere the dews of evening shed On earth their fragrance sweet, I know that my impatient heart Thy beauty, love, shall greet. NIGHT-BLOOMING JESSAMINE.— Jasminum Sambao. Love's Vigil She slumbered, and unseen I gazed Upon her gentle brow, love’s token-flowers. The eye, where so much brightness blazed, Was closed in darkness now, And yet its glories scarce .were hid Beneath that soft anW shadowy lid. She slumbered, and her velvet lip Was like the folded rose, Ere yet the bee its sweets could sip, Or mar its calm repose ; Oh '. language were too cold and weak, Its silent eloquence to speak. She slumbered: o’er her placid face A gleam of softness came, And, while I watched its winning grace, I heard her breathe my name ; Blest be the heart that thus could keep Love’s vivid memories e’en in sleep. love’s token-flowers. PERIWINKLE.— Vinca Major Sweet Remembrances. Oh ! lovely is yon sunset sky, As fades the dying day, And tranquil are the rippling waves That in its glories play ; A woodland odor fills the breeze, And bloom is on the bough,— But where, mid all this outward joy, Are the hopes of childhood now 1 The voice of song is breathing round When summer zephyrs sigh, And rippling waves in music wake Upon the shore to die, A thousand symphonies are heard Amid Spring’s rosy bowers, But we miss the music of the heart That charmed our early hours. love’s TOKEN-FLOWERS. MOSS. —Stcopodrjm. Maternal Affection. * The Mother to her wedded Daughter. Go, dearest one, my selfish love Shall never pale thy cheek, Not e’en a mother’s fears for thee Will I in sadness speak ; Yet how can I in coldness check The burning tears that start! Hast thou not turned from me, to dwell Within a stranger heart 1 1 think on earlier, brighter days, When first my lip was prest Upon thy baby brow, while thou Lay helpless on my breast; In fancy still I see thine eye Uplifted to my face— I hear thy lisping tones, and mark Thy gleeful, childish grace. * love’s token-FLOWERS. 41 E en then I knew it would be thus, I thought, e’en in that hour, Another would its perfume steal, When I had reared the flower ; And yet I will not breathe a sigh— How may I dare repine ? The sorrow that thy mother feels Was suffered once by mine. A mother’s love ! oh, thou knowest not How much of feeling lies In those sweet words-the hopes, the fears, The daily strengthening ties ; It wakes ere yet the infant draws Its earliest vital breath, And fails but when the mother’s heart Chills in the grasp of death. Will he, in whose fond arms thou seekest Thine all of earthly bliss, E’er fee 1 a love, untiring, deep, And free from self, like this 1 Ah, no man’s deepest tenderness Thy gentle heart may prove, iote’s token-flowers. But only in a mother’s breast Dwells such unselfish love. My thoughts to thee must ever turn, As in the years gone by, While to thy heart I shall be like A dream of memory ; Go, dearest one, may angel hosts Their vigil’s o’er thee keep— How can I breathe Love’s sad farewell, And yet forbear to weep 1 * ALOE. —Aloe. \ Misplaced Devotion. Ah ! wo to those who quench the holy spark Of inspiration in their secret soul, Yielding their nature up to earth’s control, Until the mental sight grows dim and dark, And thought no longer seeks a lofty mark, No longer toils to reach a noble goal; While the heart drains life’s enervating bowl, LOVE’S TOKEN -WOWEES. 43 And freights with ail its hopes some helmless bark. Alas alas ! on earthly shrines we lay The incense we should offer up to Heaven • We lavish on an idol of to-day The love that for infinitude was given, Till from our souls the light fades slow Iway And clouds of doubt and fear are o’er the spirit’ driven. AMBROSIA.— Ambrosia Maritima. Love returned. One arm around her silent harp was flung; Her brow was bending o’er it, and its chords Were twined with her dark tresses: wrapt in thought She stirless sate; and when the soft breeze fanned The ringlets from her cheek, a glow was there Like the rich hue that decks the Florence rose. While the sweet smile that hovered round her lip, r 44 love’s token - flowers. ' Was bright as April sunlight: in her eye Was hope with sadness blended, as if joy Had been so long a stranger to her heart That now she scarce dared welcome it. She spoke— And the low accents of her voice were sweet, Yet melancholy as the moaning w ave . .■■Love must win love’-oh! were not these the words, The blessed words he uttered ! While my heart With life and feeling throbs, I must remember , How like the freshening dews of heaven they j came, Waking new hopes, renewing faded dreams. And thrilling all my frame with sudden joy.” j She paused, and her light fingers touched the harp, Calling out low and plaintive symphonies ; Then, as with bolder touch she swept the strings, Her voice broke forth responsive, and she L sung love’s token-fiowers. 45 “ Love must win love believest thou aught of this ? Oh then no more My heart o’er early faded dreams of bliss Its wail shall pour. • Give me this hope, though only from afar It sheds its light, And like yon dewy melancholy star, With tears is bright. Let me but hope a heart with fondness fraught, Tha^could not sin Against its worshipped idol e’en in thought, Thy love' may win. Let me but hope the changeless love of years,’ The tender care, That fain would die to save thine eye from tears, Thy heart may share. Or let me dream, at least, that when no more My voice shall meet The ear that listens only to think o’er Tones far more sweet— 46 love’s token-flowers. When never more my weary steps of pain Around thee move, When loosed for ever is thy heavy chain— “Love will win love.” WHITE ROSE.—Rosa Alba. “ I am worthy of you.” When ’mid the festive scene we meet, To joyous bosoms dear, Though other voices fall more sweet Upon thy listening ear, Yet scorn not thou my ruder tone ; Oh! think my heart is all thine own, And love me still. When o’er young Beauty’s cheek of rose Thine eye delighted strays, Half proud to watch the blush that glows Beneath thine ardent gaze, Oh 1 think that but for sorrow’s blight My faded cheek had yet been bright, And love me stilL LOVE’S TOKEN -FLO WE RS. 47 VIRGIN’S BOWER —Clematis Viorna. Filial Love. My father, weep not that my cheek Has lost health’s roseate glow, And look not thus with mournful gaze Upon my wasted brow; ’Tis hard to die in early yc^Jh, When hope fills every breath, But only when I look on thee I feel the sting of death. Long since I knew it would be thus : Upon my sleeping ear Came the stern voice of death, in words Of anguish and of fear— And ’mid my waking visions, too, Within my silent heart, Tlrere dwelt the secret consciousness That I must soon depart. 48 lOVK’S T 0 K E N - F L O W E R S. How lovely seemed the world around, Whene’er I thought of this ; The very air and light of heaven Seemed redolent of bliss, And oh! how fondly have 1 gazed Upon earth’s flower decked face, When I remembered it would soon Smile o’er my burial-place. All those sweet feelings that within A woman’s bosom dwell, And throw o’er y^e’s most desert scene Love’s soft bewitching spell, . Were in my heart.—How could I turn Fz'om all this light and bloom, To think upon the dark things hid Within the silent tomb 1 Nay, weep not, father ; I have learned To bow my stubborn will, The Power that calms the swelling seas, The rebel heart can still; Now I can look with fearless eye, On mine approaching fate. love’s token-flowers. 49 But oh! how can I boar to die, And leave thee desolate 1 EVENING PRIMROSE. — CEnothera Grandiflora. Inconstancy. Pledge to thy Lady—ay, fill high the bowl, To the Cynthia that rules o’er the tides of thy soul— To her whose light hand wanders over thy heart, Bringing out the rich music its chords can im¬ part ;— Ay, drink to her now, lest a new love awake, Ere thy lip meets the wine-bead that swells but to break. Pledge to thy Lady—but breathe not her name , That draught quenched already a fast-waning flame ; Ere next at the banquet thcu pourest the red wine, Thy love will be pilgrim at some newer shrine ; 4 50 LOVES TOKEN-FLOWERS. Another will weave thee a fresher rose-chain, To be worn a brief moment, then flung off again. ORANGE FLOWERS. —Citrus Atjeah TIUM. A bridal Wreath. No voice but that of gladness Should meet thine ear to-day, Yet only in deep sadness Can I love’s tribute pay; Unbidden tears are springing_ Their source thy heart can tell; Of jo.y I would be singing— I can but sigh—farewell. When from life’s fairy garland Has fallen a precious gem, Can I smile to see it glisten In another’s diadem ? Could I hear thy deep vow spokep, Without a thought of pain, L 0 v e’s token- flowers. 51 When I felt the best link broken In friendship’s golden chain 1 Yet mine is selfish sorrow, Which love should hush to rest, And my heart should solace borrow From the thought that thou art blest: Where hope once claimed dominion, Joy holds his revel bright, And thy spirit’s drooping pinion Waxes strong in love’s pure light. I know that thou art happy: Oh ! may affection’s glass With its diamond sparkles measure Life's changes as they pass. Could friendship’s gentle magic Rule thy horoscope of doom, Not a moment e’er should meet thee In sadness or in gloom. 52 love’s token-flowers. YELLOW ACACIA. —"Robinia. Concealed hove . I would not love thee—for the world, I would not Risk my heart’s wealth upon so wild a chance, Yet something stirs within my soul that should not, Whene’er I meet the lightning of thy glance. I would not love thee—it were vain to squander My richest hopes like odors on the blast, I would call back those restless thoughts that Wander From life’s calm present to its fitful past. I would not love thee—though sweet thoughts enfold me In soft embrace whene’er I think of thee ; Though my soul thrills with joy when I behold thee, Yet from love’s thraldom I would still be free. 53 love’s t oke £ -FLOWERS. VERNAL ORASS.-Aatboxa-thmo* Odobatum. Poor, but happy- V/e ’ll have a cot Whose tipple, like the murmur « • ’ Shall be out music: toses there shall twine Around the casement, with the jessamin , Whose start, blossoms shine ... be ”“ Their veiling leaves, Ilk. l»P«.*" i ” 1 ”“ I “ „ sw.rt“s memory's perfume. All the towers — Shall deck our home . fres A„d love!' and hope, dwell everywhere! «» bright A„d fragrant hon.y.aokle, too t •»- <« Shall press the daisy’s ««»»• 0 ’ CVl/RP.t 54 L 0 Y E’s TOKE S . n o W E R S. To sit within the porch at eventide £ Sr" r^^^-t’hydearside. The sky will wear a smile unseen before, he sun for me more genial light will pour, Earth w,U give out its treasures rich and rare New health will come in every balmy ai, ’ Then thou wilt ope to me great Nature’s book, And nightly on the star-gemmed heavens we'l, look ; The m "ht" ^ Pri< ^ 6 knowledge, wilt unfold The m,ghty chart where Science is enrolled, And gayly smile when I recount to thee fy w.ld and wayward flights of fantasy • Eorthefra iIbeingSofmydreamyheave - fr ° m the ]i * ht by scholiast wisdom given Ut thou not joy to see the vivid glow ° f my ex P al1( led mind, when I shall owe Its treasures all to thee ? Methinks it would be grief for me to bear „ “ ■<» might ,l„ r ., 1, w, rej „ r p 0 „, d f „ thlnjncli My heart would break tl-om very happiness. ASPHODEL.— Aspho-dbi/os Luteus. “ My regrets follow you to the grove." When in the shadow of the tomb This heart shall rest, Oh, lay me where spring flowerets bloom On earth’s green breast. Bat ne’er in vaulted chambers lay My lifeless form ; Seek not of such poor worthless prey To cheat the worm. In some sweet city of the dead I fain would sleep, Where flowers may deck my narrow bed, And night-dews weep. And raise not the sepulchral urn To mark the spot; Enough if but by love alone > Tis ne’er forgot. 56 love’s t oke n - fl o wees. VIOLET.' —Viola Tricolor. Modesty. Dearly I love these simple flowers, Half hidden in their low green nest, ^ et decked in more than regal pride, With purple robe and golden vest. Dearly I love them, for to me With cherished memories they are fraught, And, borne upon their perfumed breath, Comes many a sweet and pleasant thought Within our garden’s quiet bounds These flowers in wild profusion grow, And wander o’er the borders trim, As if their privilege they know. And there is one-a dark-eyed child, Whose heart to all things sweet is wed • She loves to watch the purple gems, • Glistening within their lowly bed. love’s token-flowep.s. 57 Her little hands with graceful skill A simple garland oft entwine, While she laughs out in joyous glee, To see them in her bright locks shine. At morn, when dew-drops deck the grass, At sunset’s bright and gorgeous hours, Still ’mid the violets is she seen : And so we name them “ Anna’s flowers.” Oh may this be an omen true, That violet-like her life may prove, The sweetness of a gentle heart, Her unexacting claim to love. HELIOTROPE.— Heliotbofium. Devotion. Mine eyes are pained with watching, for the brow Of Heaven has lost its crown of starry light, And soon upon my dim and dazzled sight The gladdening morn will come with all its glow Of new-born, loveliness ; then let me bow 58 LOVE’S T 0 K E N - F L O W E R S. __ \ The knee to Heaven and lift my heart in prayer, Ere earth with all its vain and troublous care Comes back upon my spirit, ere the flow Of holy thought be stayed : yet ’tis for thee That I would pray, beloved one, for thy lot I dare to question God’s untold decree And ask the bliss my own heart knoweth not. Be thy path marked with light! enough for me If in thy glory’s hour I be not quite forgot. MONEY-WORT. —Lysimachia Nummtj- LARIA. Transient Friendship. We shall meet no more on the,green hill-side, We shall gaze no more on the wild cascade, No more shall our feet range far and wide, The rugged cliflf and the sunny glade. We shall roam not again by the mountain stream, As it dashes down on its rocky way. love’s token-flowers. 59 Through the darksome glen, where the noontide beam Scarce touches its wave with a fleeting ray. We shall meet no more on the mountain height, Where the mouldering fort in its ruin stands, While our hearts are thrilling with proud delight As we think on the deeds of our patriot bands. We shall wander no more amid nature’s wealth, The gold-broidered field and the silver rill, We shall meet not again as we woo sweet health By the shady del) or the breezy hill. Like the passing shade on the mountain’s brow Which fleets with the cloud that gave it birth, Are the joys that our hearts are cherishing now, The fleeting friendships of changeful earth. 60 love’s token-flowers. LEMON-SCENTED VERBENA— Aloysia Citriodora. Sensibility. I am not cold : though ’neath the guise Of playful mirth I fain would hide The feelings that too wildly rise, Rebellious to my woman’s pride. I am not cold: when thou art nigh, The gentle thoughts my heart that thrill Teach me to shrink before the eye That wins to its resistless will I am not cold: and could I fling Upon thy path a single flower, How gladly would each impulse spring To meet thee in affection’s hour. I am not cold: but I have learned My own impatient heart to fear— love’s token-flowers. 61 To crush those sympathies that burned In vain through many a bygone year. I am not cold : love’s living flame Still glimmers on o'er hopes entombed, And I have found, with grief and shame, That ashes may be re-illumed.* BEE-OPHRYS.—Ophbts Apifera. Error. Because my heart dwelt not like cloistered nun In lonely cell unquiet silence keeping, Because it went forth’neath Hope’s blessed sun, And freely shared another’s joy and weeping, Thou hast mistaken me. Because my sympathy awoke from sleep, And frankly did unclose affection's portal To thoughts of tenderness as pure, as deep, As ever proved the human soul immortal, Thou hast mistaken me. * “We can not re-illume ashes ."—Bulwcr. 62 love's token-fe OWEES. Because thy feebler spirit, lacking power, By generous thought such priceless love to measure, Awoke its base distrust.in that sweet hour When my fond heart revealed its hidden treasure, Thou hast mistaken me. IvIUfaK-ROSE. —Rosa IvIoschata Capricious Beauty. Bear with me, dearest: though thou art The life of life to me, Remember ’tis a poet’s heart That gives itself to thee ; ’Tis but a wayward thing at best, And, when with toil e’erworn, It comes to thee beseeching rest, It will not brook thy scorn. My spirit wearied with high thought -Shrinks from its prophet task, love’s token-flowers. 63 And in thy presence I have sought To doff life’s weary mask ; I come to thee for love and peace, When my soul’s light grows dim, I can not watch thy sweet caprice, Or learn each dainty whim. Oh! had we met in.lt fe’s glad morn, When joy thrilled'every vein, Such gentle bondage I had borne, And wreathed with flowers the chain ; But now I can not gather up The rose-bud’s fallen leaves, I can not fill life’s wasted cup, Or bind hope’s scattered sheaves. THRIFT. —Arhebia Vulgaris. Sympathy. “ Or sai tu dove e quando questi araon Furon creati e come.” Dante. I loved thee, not because thy brow Was bright and beautiful as day, 64 LOVE’S T O K E N - F L O W E R S. Nor that on thy sweet lip tne glow Was joyous as the morning ray ; No—though I saw thee fairest far, The sun that hid each meaner star ; Yet ’t.was not beauty taught me first The love that silent tears have nursed. Nor was it that thine every word With stores of mental wealth was fraught, With eloquence each heart that stirred, With deepest feeling, holiest thought; Nor thy rich voice, whose ’witching spell » Like music on my spirit fell, Sweet as the notes the bugle-horn Breathes when o’er moonlit waters borne. But I beheld the darkening stain Of sorrow cloud thy beaming eye— I heard thy bosom’s secret pain Find utterance in the struggling sigh ; And, like some lone neglected lute, My young heart’s sweetest chords were mute : No hand bad ever touched its strings, To wake its blissful murmurings — \ love’s token-flowers. 65 And silent still its chords would be, But for the touch of sympathy. ROSE ACACIA. —Robinia Hisfida. Friendship. In the May of life we met, In its flowery June we parted; We knew no vain regret, We felt not lonely-hearted ; For the glow of fervid feeling Filled our souls with hopes of bliss, And we stayed not the revealing Of a love as calm as this. But now, when we have tasted The cup of joy and tears, When madly we have wasted The summer of our years, When fancy, now grown sober, Has forgotten passion’s kiss, We may turn in life’s October To a love as calm as this. 5 66 love’s t oke n -fl o we rs. CYPRESS.—C dp res so s Sempebviems. Despair. They deck thee as a bride, They dress me for the bier, Thy bosom thrills with pride, And mine with solemn fear, For Love is at thy side, While Death to me draws near. No longer on the blast ' My heart’s deep wail I pour ; My life-long dream is past, And passion rules no more ; I’ve loved thee to the last, But now e’en love is o’er Upon thy bridal day It may be we shall meet, ' Thou in thy bright array, I in my winding sheet. \ love’s TOKEN-FLOWERS. 67 Wilt thou then turn away From the coffin at thy feet 1 I’ve watched the setting sun, The last I e’er shall see, Life’s sluggish race is run, Its goal was misery, And my latest task is done When I say farewell to thee. FIR.—Balm of Gilead—Finds Bal- SAMEA. Time. Oh ! suffer not a cloud thy brow to darken, Nor let thy spirit in deep sadness hearken To the low knell of thy departing hours ; Thou shouldst not grieve that time still on¬ ward fleeteth, For when thy steps the kindly graybeard meet- eth, He pauseth there to fling his freshest flowers. 68 I,OTE’S TOKEN-FLOWERS. Measured by thought thou art of patriarch age, Measured by feeling thou art yet a boy ; And, as thou ponderest on life’s o’erpast page, Thou seest each sorrow mated by a joy: Why shouldst thou then at Time’s swift flight repine, When all earth’s costliest gifts to bless thy years combine. Wouldst thou recall thy dreams of early thought, The wild pulsations of a heart o’erwrought With its vain yearnings for a wild ideal ? Wouldst thou again crowd years into a day ? Again resign thy soul to Passion’s sway, And grasp at rainbow joys, bright but un¬ real ? Rather rejoice that Time could thus accord His soothing power to still each fierce emo¬ tion, And bless the heaven-directed hand that poured The oil of peace on life’s tempestuous ocean, love’s token-flowers. 69 And pointed out a beacon light to guide Thy richly freighted bark safe o’er the treacher¬ ous tide. ASH-LEAVED TRUMPET FLOW¬ ER.— Bignostia. Separation. Farewell to thee, Love, When I meet thee again, Light hearts will be round us, And pageantries vain; But well do I know In life’s sunniest hours Thou ’It think of our meeting ’Mid moonlight and flowers. Farewell to thee, dearest, And oh! in thy dreams, When fancy sheds o’er thee Her loveliest beams, Then think of our roving In summer’s fair bowers— 70 love’s token-flowers. And remember our meeting, ’Mid moonlight and flowers. HOLLY. —-Ilex Aquilegia. , “Am I forgotten?" I am not changed, I am not cold, Time has not made me scorn or doubt thee ; But, since the blissful days of old, My heart has learned to do without thee. The charm that in thy presence dwelt, The spells thy voice could weave around me, Are over now, since I have felt How fragile were the tie's that bound thee. I did not woo thee, mine was not A freak of fancy or of fashion, A yearning waked to be forgot, A dream half sentiment, half passion. Something of love, but passion-free, Something of friendship but far fonder, |- 7 --- love’s token-flowers. 71 Devotion that still turned to thee, However far thy thoughts might wander; Such were the gifts I would have laid With deep humility before thee ; , But all unmarked such offerings fade, While others, less sincere, adore thee. Now all is changed—I know not why— No word of coldness has been spoken ; And yet I feel the secret tie That bound our souls for ever broken. Oh ! I could weep—although there still Are many pleasures left to cheer me ; Though hope can yet my bosom thrill, And friends oft tried and true are near me ;— Though there are joys thou couldst not blight— Which will not leave me lonely-hearted— Yet ah ! how much of pleasant light Has, with thee, from my life departed! Farewell—yet no 1—I will not say That word fraught with unmingled sadness } 72 love’s token-floweks. We yet shall meet amid the gay, In scenes of revelry and gladness. Yet never more the whispered word, Our mystic sympathy confessing, Shall thrill the heart too wildly stirred To utter then its fervent blessing. Yes—we are parted : we may meet Amid the world’s enforced communion ; But gone are all the tokens sweet, That sealed our bond of spirit union. Yet better thus : my heart has turned More fondiy to tne true and real, Since I, in bitterness, have learned How false may be the soul’s Ideal. BELT.-ELOWER. —Campanula Pyba- MIDALIS. Gratitude. Beloved one, beloved one, When in thine eye I see LOVE’S T O K E N - F L O W E R S. 73 Thy look of placid tenderness So fondly turned on me, My heart rehounds with sudden joy, Its sorrows are forgot; And all unmarked the clouds that now Have gathered o’er my lot. Beloved one, beloved one, When on thy glowing cheek, I see a pleasant smile again Of cheerful fancies speak, Methinks I hear Hope’s syren voice, She whispers that the hour Will come at length when peace may shed O’er both her pitying power. Beloved one, beloved one, Whene’er thy soft caress Is proffered in the gentle hour Of. tranquil tenderness, My heart o’erflows with grateful joy, Love’s pent-up streams once more O’er all my life’s swift fading flowers Their dews of freshness pour. 74 T, OVE’S T O K E N - F LO WE RS, MAKYGOLD. —Calendula Officinalis. Inquietude. Methought the icy hand of Time had chilled The gushing fount of passion in tny breast— Methought that Reason’s power, for aye, had stilled The bitter struggles of my heart’s unrest. Cold, calm, and self-possessing, I had deemed In quiet now to view life slip away— Forgetting much that once my soul had dreamed, And lengthening out in peace my little day. Safe in indifference, I had vainly hoped To scorn the sympathy I might not share, And little thought mine own hand would have ope’d My bosom’s portal to returning care. How burns the blush of shame upon my dheek— How bends to earth in grief my haughty brow, LOVE’S T O K E N - F L O WE R S. 75 When thus I find myself disarmed and weak Before the ideal shapes that haunt me now! Oh Godhow long, misled by erring thought, Shall I grope darkly on in feeling’s maze 1 When shall I be by Time’s sad lessons taught, And reach my home of rest by quiet ways ? SPEEDWELL. —Veronica Fidelity. The Widow's Wooer. He woos me in the honeyed words Which women love to hear— Those gentle flatteries that fall So sweet on woman’s ear ; He tells me that my face is fair— Too fair for grief to shade ; My cheek, he says, was never meant In sorrow’s gloom to fade. He stands beside me when I sing The songs of other, days, 76 love’s TOKEN-FLOWERS. And whispers, in Love’s thrilling tones, The words of winning praise ; And often in my eyes he looks, Some answering love to see, In vain,—he there can only read The faith of memory. He little knows what thoughts awake With every gentle word— How by his every tone the fount Of tenderness is stirred: The visions of my youth return, Joys far too bright to last, And while he speaks of future bliss, I think but of the past. Like lamps in eastern sepulchres, Amid my heart’s deep gloom, Affection sheds its only light Upon my lost one’s tomb: And as those lamps, if brought once more To upper air, grow dim, So my heart’s love is cold and dead, Unless it glow for him. love’s T O K E N - F L O W E R S. YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM. Chrysanthemum Coronarium. Slighted Love. The struggle is over, Such strife could not last,— Andjoride now must cover All trace of the past; My heart has grown stronger, Nor shrinks from its task,— Go, cold one, no longer One kind thought I ask. Thou hast taught me the weakness Of woman’s fond trust, When in Love’s holy meekness I knelt in the dust; And now my brow flushes With anger and shame, As my proud spirit crushes Its once cherished flame. 78 X, OVE’s T 0 K E N - F L 0 WE RS. Our love-dream has vanished, And coldly I speak The words that once banished The blood from my cheek ; Other idols may woo thee, All changed is' thy lot, And Fame may pursue thee, But love is forgot. PHEASANT'S EYE. — Elos Adonis. Sorrowful Remembrances. It was a lady, young and fair, Who sung that mournful strain, Her brow wore not a shade of care, Her cheek no trace of pain ; Yet sung she, e’en as one who knows How youthful hearts are torn, “ Love’s first step is upon the rose His second finds the thorn.” Bright jewels bound her raven hair, And sparkled on her hand, LOVE’S T 0 KE N - F L 0 WE RS. 79 For earth held naught of rich or rare Her wealth might not command ; Yet mark how sad the music flows \ From lips curved half in scorn, “ Love’s first step is upon the rose, His second finds the thorn.” No brighter, lovelier face appears In pleasure’s crowded mart; That proud eye was not meant for tears, No blight should touch that heart; Set as she sings, some memory throws Its shadow o’er life’s morn : “ Love’s first step is upon the rose, His second finds the thorn.” Alas ! it is a weary task To trace life’s hidden cares ; Seek not to raise the smiling mask That maiden pride still wears ; A quaint old rhyme may oft disclose How much the heart has borne : “ Love’s first step is upon the rose, His second finds the thorn.” 80 LOVE’S T OKE N - F L 0 WERS. JjATTRUSTIFUS. —Vibtjbnum Tinus “ I (tie if neglected.” Oh ! tell me not of lofty fate, Of glory’s deathless name ; The bosom Love leaves desolate, Has naught to do with fame. Vainly philosophy would soar— Love’s height it may not reach ; The heart soon learns a sweeter lore Than ever sage could teach. The cup may bear a poisoned draught, The altar may be cold, But yet the chalice will be quaffed— The shrine sought as of old. Man’s sterner nature turns away To seek ambition’s goal; » Wealth’s glittering gifts, and pleasure’s ray, May charm his weary soul LOVE’S T OKEN - F LO WERS. 81 But woman knows one only dream— That broken, all is o’er ; For on life’s dark and sluggish stream Hope’s sunbeam rests no more. PURPLE HYACINTH. —Hyacinthus Orient alis. Grief. No more, no more my heart with gladness boundeth, No more my lip is wreathed with ready smiles, When thus the measured tread of time resound- eth, Like solemn music through night’s cloistered aisles. No more the echoes of the day departed Seem like the footsteps of some gentle friend Who leaves me now, but true and kindly-hearted To-morrow comes, new happiness to lend. I yield not now to fancy’s fair dissembling, Gone is the sweet credulity of youth ; 6 82 love’s token-flowees. For life to all presents a cup of trembling, And they who quaff learn many a solemn truth. Upon, my spirit rests a cloud of sadness, My hopes no more go forth like birds in spring, Chanting a matin song of quiet gladness, And shedding sunshine from each radiant wing. HAWTHORN. —Crat-sjgtjs Oxtoantha. Patient Hope. I know thou lovest me not—I know My image now must seem A footprint in the drifting snow— A shadow on the stream ; Yet on thy memory will I trace A name that years can ne’er efface. I know that all thy dreams of life With brighter hopes are fraught, Yet ’mid the future’s weary strife Will come a gentle thought, Winning thy heart in sadness back To pleasures in thy by-past track. love’s tokeu-flowers. 03 I would not bind thee by a spell, 4 Were mino a Circe’s skill, I could not love thee half so well But for thy curbless will; The fettered eagle ne’er should be An emblem meet for one like thee. I twine no garlands for thy brow, I weave no silken tie— Thou wert not worthy of my vow, Couldst thou in bondage sigh ; My heart’s deep faith I would not yield To one who bore a rusted shield. Go forth in hopefulness and pride, And while earth’s joys are thine, I ask not thou shouldst turn aside To friendship’s lonely shrine, Where kneeleth one who there always For thee in humble meekness prays. No thought in mirthful hour I claim— But when thy sorrows come, 84 love's token-flowehs. Then wilt thou think upon my name, And seek thy spirit’s home : Let others share thy pleasures brief, I only ask to bear thy grief. To thee I am as nothing now, And so I fain would be— I bide the coming time when thou Shalt fondly think of me, And turn, when brighter hopes depart, To rest upon my patient heart. AMARANTH. —Amaeahthus Gompheb- HA. Immortal Happiness. Not in wealth’s gorgeous hall, Decked out in all art’s costliest arraying, Where, ’mid tall columns, silvery fountains play¬ ing Upon the ear like music’s echoes fall—. The home of pomp, the daily haunt of pride : Not there—not there doth Happiness abide. love’s token-flowers. 85 Not in the humble cot, Whose walls no ray of fortune’s sunshine blesses— Where the dull weight of penury oppresses The hearts that wither ’neath their heavy lot,— The home of want—too oft the den of guilt: Not there has Happiness her mansion built. Not in the quiet nook Where the pale student his lone watch is keep¬ ing, While his high thoughts the bounds of time o’er- leaping, And, spurning earth, on things immortal look— The home of genius—wisdom’s calm retreat Not even there has Happiness her seat. Oh ! seek her not on earth, Where all the brightest hopes our hearts can cherish, Like flowers in desert isles, are doomed to perish, 86 love’s token-flowers. Unknown beyond the spot that gave them birth : Oh ! ne’er on earth can aught so fair find rest — Not here shall Happiness reward thy quest. WHITE POPPY. —Papavkr Somnife- rum. ■ The Consolation of Forgetfulness. Oh, for one draught of Lethe now! Oh, that I might but stoop to lave The fever of my burning brow, In dark oblivion’s icy wave ! My heart is filled with doubts and fears, Haunted by memories of the dead, And sends too oft its tide of tears To eyes Chat now no tears must shed. Could I but drink of Lethe’s stream, How gladly would I now forget The form of many a happy dream, Whose faded spectre haunts me yet. V LOVE’S T O K E N - F L O WE RS. 87 Hopes, budding but to be destroyed, Joys dying e’er they scarce had birth, Time wasted, talents unemployed, Love poured like water on the earth: These are the thoughts I fain would sink Beneath oblivion’s tideless sea ; How would I grasp the cup, and drink A last farewell to memory. My days are fleeting swiftly by, My heart’s glad youth e’en now is past; Why should mere breath—a lengthened sigh— So long the life of life outlast ? SNOWBALL. —Viburnum Opulus. Thoughts of Heaven. Go forth at morning’s birth, When the glad sun, exulting in his might, Comes from the dusky curtained tents of night, Shedding his gifts of beauty o’er the earth ; __j r- 88 love’s T O K E N - F L O W E R-S. When sounds of busy life are on the air, And man awakes to labor and to care, Then hie thee forth : go out amid thy kind, Thy daily tasks to do — thy hardest sheaves to bind. Go forth at noontide hour, * Beneath the heat and burden of the day— Pursue the labors of thine onward way, Nor murmur if thou miss life’s morning flower; Where’er the footsteps of mankind are found, Thou still mayst see some spot of hallowed ground, Where duty blossoms even as the rose, Though sharp and stinging thorns the beauteous bud enclose. Go forth at eventide, When sounds of toil no more the soft air fill— When all the hum of human life is still, And the bird’s song has on the night-breeze died : LOVE’S T 0 ICE N - F L 0 WE R S. 89 Go forth, as did the patriarch of old, And commune with thy heart’s deep thoughts untold; Fathom thy spirit’s hidden depths, and learn The mysteries of life—those fires that inly burn. Go forth at eventide— The eventide of summer, when the trees Yield their frail honors to the passing breeze, And woodland paths with autumn tints are dyed— When the warm sun his paling lustre shrouds In gorgeous draperies of golden clouds ; Then wander forth, ’mid beauty and decay, To meditate alone—alone to watch and pray. Go forth at eventide : Commune with thine own bosom, and be still; Check the wild impulses of wayward will, And learn the nothingness of human pride: Morn is the time to act —noon to endure ; But oh! if thou wouldst keep thy spirit pure, Turn from the beaten path by worldlings trod: Go forth at eventide, in heart to walk with God. 90 LOVE’S T O KE N - F L O WE ES. WOODBINE. —Lonicera Periolxme- NOH. Fraternal Love. Come back, come back, my brother; we miss thee at the board Where wit’s diamond sparks are flashing-, while the ruby wine is poured ; We miss thy smile of quiet mirth—we miss the heart-beam bright, Which from thy calm and earnest eye sheds forth its genial light. Come back,, come back, my brother; we miss thee at the hour When the dew of Heaven falls silently on moon¬ lit tree and flower, We miss thy low and gentle voice—we miss the converse high, That bears us, as on angel wings, to commune with the sky. love’s token-flowers. 91 Come back, come back, my brother; till thou the Priest art come The oracles of mystic life within our souls are dumb ; We live too much ’mid outward things, the spir¬ it’s light grows dim, And only an unsullied hand the sacred flame may trim. NIGHT-SHADE. —Soiaitom Nigrum Dark Thoughts. Ah ! is this, then, the common lot— The end of earthly love and trust? To be by cherished ones forgot, When the frail body sleeps in dust ? Shall hearts, which now with love run o'er, Retain ior us no deeper trace Than leaves the footprint on the shore, Which the next wavelet may efface ? Shall those who once could only live Within the sunshine of our smile, 92 t, 0 V e’s TOKEN - FLO WEBS. To whom existence could not give A joy unshared by us the while : Shall they ’mid other joys live on, And form anew affection’s tie, When we from earth’s delights are gone, For ever hid from human eye 1 Ay, thus it is th’ eternal laws That rule our nature are obeyed: Not in mid conflict may we pause To linger long where love is laid ; We pile the turf above the breast Which pillowed oft our aching head, Then turn, and leave unto its rest ••Our buried, half-forgotten dead. Tears—the heart’s desolating rain, Awhile upon our path may fall, But hope’s sweet sunshine smiles again On all things save the funeral pall:— Anon the dirge’s mournful measure Is changed to some less saddening strain, And soon the echoing voice of pleasure Tells Love and Grief alike were vain. love’s token-flowers. 93 We form new schemes of future bliss, New flowers spring up to cheer our way, And scarcely from our side we miss The partners of life’s earlier day; Alas ! how vain our noblest feelings, How idle would affection seem, Did not God give us bright revealings Of Life, where Love is not a dream. ELDER. —SAMBuorrs Niger. Compassion. I loved thee not: yet mournful thoughts are rushing Upon me, when I see that pictured face, And tears unbidden from mine eyes are gushing, Tears whose deep source to Memory’s fount I trace ; •Yet why should I lament thy hapless lot 1 For thou wert naught to me: I loved thee not. I loved thee not: yet intellect was thine, And lofty aspirations after fa,me, 94 LOVE’S TOKEN- FLOWERS. For honor in thy soul had found a shrine, And thou didst hope to win a deathless name ; But thou art dead, unnoticed and forgot— Yet what is this to met I loved thee not. I loved thee not, and hadst thou died in age, With troops of tender friends around thy bed, Had love been there thy sufferings to assuage, Had some kind breast upheld thy aching head, Perchance I had not thought of thee—no spot In memory’s waste was thine: I loved thee not. I loved thee not: yet when thy spirit passed Thus in life’s early prime from earth away, Whek those most dear were distant at the last, i And none beside thee knelt to weep and pray, My heart did thrill in pity for the lot Of one so gifted, though I loved thee not. note’s token-flowers. 95 ALMOND-TREE. —Amtodaius Nana. Heedlessness. When like a fairy scene, in youth, The untried world is spread before us, When fancy wears the garb of truth, And sunny skies are smiling o’er us ; When never yet a dream of wo The heart’s deep sympathies have stirred, How little then our spirits know The evils of a thoughtless word. When one by one our joys depart, When hope no more each bright hour meas¬ ures, When, like a Niobe, the heart Sits lonely ’mid its perished treasures ; When far from human aid we turn, And human comfort is unheard, Oh! then, how bitterly we learn The anguish of a thoughtless word. 96 love’s token-flowers. SWEET-BRIER. —Rosa Rltbign-osa. Poetry. Mournfully my spirit turns To dreams of olden time, And oft my heart within me burns, When I hear some old-world rhyme ; Oh ! ever has Poesy been to me The Atalantis of time’s wide sea; I ’ve steered full often my weary bark For that green isle on the water’s dark, But never my foot might press its shore, And I turn to actual life once more, Mournfully, oh! mournfully. Mournfully doth my spirit pine For the fantasies of youth, And I would that fancy now could shine With a light like that of truth ; love’s token-flowers. 97 I would lift my worldly-laden thought To the realms with so much beauty fraught— I would catch again the glorious gleam That filled my soul with its heavenly beam, Ere my earthly hopes and earthly fears Brought my feelings back to this vale of tears, Mournfully, oh! mournfully. Mournfully do my tear-drops fall On the poet’s pictured page, « And fain would I the dreams recall That gladdened life’s golden age ; But I bartered those treasures long, long ago, Foi happiness such as few can know, Nor would I recall the fevered past, With its wild unrest, and its pang at last; Yet the voice of song has a magic still, And its gentle tones can my spirit thrill, Mournfully, oh I mournfully. 7 98 LOVE’S TOKEN-FLOWERS. DOUBLE-FLOWERING CHERRY.— Cerastjs. Spiritual Beauty. There is a form that visits me in dreams— A form of delicate and maiden grace, And o’er my slumbers bends a gentle face, Where the soul’s speaking brightness ever beams: ’Tis not a face of beauty, yet sweet gleams Of pure and holy thought are in her eyes, And her lip wears a smile that ever seems To light the circling air like sunset skies. Alas ! ’tis but in dreams she comes ; no more That gentle friend shall bless my waking sight, Until life’s changeful April day is o’er, And mine eyes close in Death’s untroubled night: Then may I hope my lost one’s face to see, And share in happier worlds her immortality. » FLORAL DICTIONARY. A. Acacia ; Platonic or Chaste Love. Acacia (Yellow); Concealed Love. Ac.alea; Temperance. Acanthus ; The Arts. Achilla Millefolia ; War. Aconite-leaved Crowfoot, or Fair Maids of France ; Lustre. African Marygold ; Vulgar Minds. Agnus Castus ; Coldness—to live without Love. Agrimony ; Thankfulness. , Almond-Tree ; Indiscretion—Heedlessness. Almond-Laurel; Perfidy. Aloe ; Misplaced Devotion. Althaea Frutex ; Persuasion. ‘ Alyssum (Sweet); Worth beyond Beauty. Amaranth ; Immortality. Amaryllis ; Haughtiness—Pride. Ambrosia; Love returned. American Cowslip ; You are my Divinity. American Elm ; Patriotism. American Linden ; Matrimony. American Starwort j Welcome to a Stranger. Anemone ; Your Frown I defy. Anemone (Field) ; Sickness. 100 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Anemone (Garden); Forsaken. - Angelica; Inspiration. Angrec; Royalty. Apocynum ; Falsehood. Apple-Blossom ; Preference—Fame speaks him great and good. Arum, or Wake-Robin ; Ardor. A Roseleaf; I will not trouble you. Asclepias ; Cure for the Heartache. Ash ; Grandeur. Ash-leaved Trumpet-Flower ; Separation. Aspen-Tree ; Lamentation. Asphodel; My regrets follow you to the Grave. Auricula; Painting. Azalea ; Your Blush has won me. B. Bachelor’s Button ; I with the Morning’s Love have oft made Sport. Balm of Gilead ; Healing—a Cure. Balm (Gentle) ; Pleasantry.. Balsam; Impatience. Barberry; Sharpness—Sourness. Basil ; Hatred. Bayberry; Instruction. Bay-Leaf; I change but in dying. Bay-Wreath ; Reward of Merit. Bear’s-breech ; Art. Beech; Prosperity. Belvidere ; I declare against you. Bee-Ophrys ; Error. Betony; Surprise. Bilberry; Treachery. Birch; Gracefulness. Bindweed; Humility. Bird-Cherry ; Hope. Bird’s-Foot Trefoil; Revenge. Bearded Crepis; Protection. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 101 Black Poplar; Courage. Black-Thorn ; Difficulty. Bladdernut-Tree ; Frivolous Amusements. Blue-bottle Centaury; Delicacy. Blue-flowered Greek Valerian ; Rupture. Blue Canterbury Bell; Constancy. Bonus Henricus ; Goodness. Borage ; Bluntness or Roughness of Manners. Box ; Stoicism. Bramble ; Envy. Branch of Currants ; You please all. Branch of Thohis ; Severity—Rigor. Broken Straw; Dissension—Rupture. Broom ; Mirth—Neatness. Bryony; Prosperity. Buckbean ; Flattery’s Smile—Calm Repose. Bud of a White Rose ; A Heart ignorant of Love. Burgloss ; Falsehood. Burdock ; Importunity. Bundle of Reeds with their Panicles ; Music. Buttercups ; Ingratitude, j Butterfly-Ophrys ; Gayety. Butterfly-Weed ; Let me go. C. Cabbage ; Profit. CalJa (iEthiopica); Feminine Modesty. Calycanthus ; Benevolence. Camellia Japonica; Beauty and Elegance. Camomile ; Energy in Adversity. Campanula ; Gratitude. Candy-Tuft; Indifference. Canterbury Bell (Blue) ; Constancy. Cardamine ; Paternal Error. Catesby’s Starwort; Afterthought Cardinal’s Flower; Distinction. Catalpa-Tree ; Beware of the Coquette. Catchfly; Snare. 102 FLORAL DICTIONARY, Cedar of Lebanon ; Incorruptible. Cedar-Tree : Strength. Checkered Fritillary; Persecution. Cherry-Tree ; Good Education, Cherry-Blossom ; Spiritual Beauty. Chestnut-Tree ; Do me Justice. China-Aster, or Chinese Starwort; Variety. China or Indian Pink ; Aversion China or Monthly Rose ; Beauty ever new. Chinese Chrysanthemum ; Cheerfulness under Adversity. Cinquefoil; Parental Love. Cistus, or Rock-Rose ; Popular Favor. Circrea; Fascination. Clematis ; Filial Love. Clove-Gillyflower; Dignity. Cobcea; Gossip. Cock’s-Comb, or Crested Amaranth ; Singularity. Colchicum, or Meadow-Saffron ; My best Days are past. Coltsfoot; Justice shall be done you. Columbine , Folly. Common Cactus, or Indian Fig ; I burn. Common Fumitory ; Spleen. Common Milfoil; War. Common Reed ; Complaisance. Common Thistle ; Importunity. Convolvulus Major ; Extinguished Hopes Convolvulus Minor; Night. Corchorus ; Impatience of Absence. Corn ; Riches. Cornelian Cherry-Tree ; Durability. Coreopsis ; Love at first Sight. Coriander; Concealed Merit. Coronilia ; Success crown your Wishes. Cowslip ; Pensiveness. Cranberry; Hardiness. Creeping Cereus; Horror. Crocus ; Smiles—Cheerfulness. Cross of Jerusalem ; Devotion Crown Imperial; Majesty and Power. Cuckoo Pink ; Ardor. Cyclamen ; Diffidence. Cypress; Mourning. Cypress and Marygold ; Despair. Cypress-Tree ; Death and Eternal Sorrow. D. Daffodil; Deceitful Hope. Dahlia ; Heartless Beauty—Instability. Daisy; Innocence. I Daisy (Garden); I partake your Sentiments. Dapsy (White) ; I will think of it. [ Damask Hose ; Freshness of Complexion. Dandelion ; Oracle. j Daphne Odora; Sweets to the Sweet j Darnel, or Ray Grass ; Vice. I Dew-Plant; A Serenade. [ Dead Leaves ; Sadness. Dittany; Birth. I Dodder; Baseness. Dragon-Plant; Snare. Dried Flax ; Utility. E. Ebony; Hypocrisy. Elder; Zealousness. Elm ; Dignity. Enchanter's Nightshade, Fascination—Witch- Endive ; Frugality. Eupatorium ; Delay. Evergreen ; Poverty. Evergreen-Thorn ; Solace in Adversity. Everlasting ; Never-ceasing Remembrance. Everlasting Pea ; Lasting Pleasure. 104 floral dictionary. F. Fennel, Strength. Fern; Sincerity. Fern (Flowering); Revery. Fig ; Argument. Fig-Tree ; Prolific. Filbert; Reconciliation. Fir; Time. Fir-Tree ; Elevation. Flax- I feel your Kindness. F ax-leaved Goldy-Locks ; Tardiness. Flora’s Bell ; You are without Pretension. Flower of an Hour ; Delicate Beauty. Flowering Reed ; Confidence in Heaven. Fairy’s Glove! ’o^FoxgloC; I am not changed- Fmnkincensc ?The Incense of a faithful Heart. Frenclf Honeysuckle ; Rustic Beauty. French Marygold ; Jealousy. Frog-Ophrys ; Disgust. Full-blown Eglantine ; Simplicity. Fullers’ Teasel; Austerity. G. Garden Chervil; Sincerity. Garden Rdnunc'ulusj'You are richin Attractions GarfOndO^RosM 1 ; 6 Reward of Virtue. Gentiana Fritillaria ; Virgin Pride. Geranium (Sorrowful) ; Melancholy Spirit. Gilly- Flower ; Lasting Beauty. Glory-Flower ; Glorious Beauty. Goat’s Rue ; Reason. Golden Rod; Precaution. Gorse ; Cheerfulness in Adversity. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 105 Goosefoot; Goodness. Grape (wild) ; Reckless Mirth. Grass ; Utility. Great Bindweed ; Dangerous Insinuation. Guelder Rose ; Winter or Age. H. Harebell; Delicate and lonely as this Flower. Hawkweed; Quicksightedness. Hawthorn ; Hope. Hazel ; Reconciliation. Heath ; Solitude. Ileienia; Tears, Heliotrope; Devotion. Hellebore ; Calumny. Hemlock ; You will cause my Death. Henbane ; Imperfection. Ilepatica ; Confidence. Hibiscus; Delicate Beauty. Hickory; Glory. Hoarhound; Frozen Kindness. Holly ; Am I forgotten I Hollyhock: Fecundity. Honesty; Honesty.. Honeysuckle ; Bond of Love. Honeysuckle (Chinese) ; Love unsought. Hop; Injustice. Hornbeam ; Ornament. Horse-Chestnut; Luxury. Hortensia ; You are cold. Houstonia ; Content. Hoya ; Sculpture. Hundred-leaved Rose; Graces. Hyacinth ; Grief. Hydranger; Boaster. I. Iceland Moss; Health. 106 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Ice-Plant; Your Looks freeze me. Indian Cress; Resignation. Indian Jasmine ; I attach myself to you. Iris; Message. Ivy j Friendship. J. Jacob’s Ladder; Come down to me. Japan Rose ; Beauty is your only Attraction. Jessamine, or Jasmine ; Amiability. Jessamine (Virginian) ; Soul of my Soul. Jonquil; Desire. Judas-Tree ; Unbelief. Juniper; Protection. Justicia; The Perfection of Female Loveliness. K. Kennedia ; Mental Beauty. King-Cup ; I wish I was rich. L. Laburnum ; Pensive Beauty. Lady’s Slipper ; Win me and wear me. Larch ; Boldness. Larkspur; Levity. Laurel; Glory. Laurustinus ; I die if neglected. Lavender; Distrust. Lemon ; Zest. Lettuce ; Coldhearted. Lichen ; Solitude. Lilac ; First Emotion of Love. Lilac (White); Youth. Lily of the Valley ; Return of Happiness. Lime or Linden-Tree ; Conjugal Love. Live Oak ; Liberty. y Lobelia ; Splendor. Locust; Vicissitude. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 107 London-Pride ; Frivolity. Lotus-Flower; Silence. Love in a Mist; Perplexity. Love in a Puzzle ; Embarrassment. Love lies a-Bleeding; Hopeless, not Heartless. Lucerne ; Life. J Lupine ; Voraciousness, t Lychnis ; Religious Enthusiasm. ! Lythrurn ; Pretension. M. Madder; Calumny. Madwort (Rock) ; Tranquillity. Maiden-IIair; Discretion—Secrecy. Maize; Plenty. Magnolia ; Peerless and Proud. Mallow ; Mild or sweet Disposition. Manchineel-Tree ; Falsehood. Mandrake ; Rarity. Maple ; Reserve. Maijorurn , Blushes. Marshmallow ; Humanity. Marvel of Peru; Timidity. Marygold ; Inquietude. Marygold (Small-Cape); Presage. May Rose ; Precocity. Meadow Saffron ; My best Days are past. Meadow-Sweet ; Uselessness. Mercury ; Goodness. Mesembryanthemum; Idleness. Mezereon ; Love in a Snow-Wreath. Michaelmas Daisy ; Farewell. [Charms. Mignionette; Your Qualities surpass your Milk Vetch; Your Presence softens my Pain. Mimosa; Sensitiveness. Mint; Virtue. Mistletoe ; I surmount all Difficulties. Mock Orange ; Counterfeit. 108 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Moneywort; Transient Friendship. Monk’s Hood ; Knight-Errantry. Moonwortj Forgetfulness. MoSchatel; Weak but winning. Moss (Tuft of) : Maternal Love. Moss-Rose ; Pleasure without Alloy. Mossy Saxifrage ; Maternal Love. Motherwort; Secret Love. Mountain-Ash; Prudence. , Mouse-Ear Chickweed : Ingenious Simplicity. Moving Plant; Agitation. Mulberry-Tree (White) ; Wisdom. Mulberry-Tree (Black) ; I will not survive you Mushroom ; Suspicion. , Musk-Crowfoot; Weakness. Musk-Rose ; Capricious Beauty. Myosotis, or Mouse-Ear ; Forget-me-not. Myrobalan ; Privation. Myrtle ; Love. S N - Narcissus (False) ; Delusive Hopes. Narcissus (Poets’) ; Egotism. Nasturtium ; Patriotism. Nettle ; Cruelty. Night blooming Jessamine; Love’s vigil. Night-blowing Cereus ; Transient Beauty. Nightshade (Bitter-Sweet) ; Truth. Nosegay ; Gallantry. O. Oak; Hospitality. . Oats ; The witching Soul of Music—hers. Oleander ; Beware. Olive ; Peace. Orchis ; A Belle. Orange-Flowers ; Chastity. Orange-Tree ; Generosity. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 109 Osier; Frankness. ' Ox-Eye; Obstacle. P. Palm ; Victory. Pansy, or Heart’s-Ease ; Think of me. Parsley; Entertainment—Feasting. Passion-Flower; Religious Superstition. Patience Dock; Patience. Pasque-Flower ; You are without Pretension. Pea ; An appointed Meeting. Peach-Blossom ; I am your Captive. Pennyroyal; Flee away. Peony; Bashful Shame. Pepper-Plant ; Satire. Periwinkle ; Sweet Remembrances. Persimon ; Bury me amid Nature’s Beauties. Persicaria; Restoration. Peruvian Heliotrope ; I trust in thee. Pheasant’s-Eye, or Flos Adonis ; Sorrowful Re membrances. Phlox; Unanimity. Pimpernel ; Assignation. Pine ; Pity. Pine-Apple ; You are perfect. Pink ; Lovely and pure Affection. Plane-Tree ; Genius. Plum-Tree ; Keep your Promises. Plum-Tree (Wild) ; Independence. Polyanthus ; Confidence. Potato ; Beneficence. Pomegranate; Foolishness. Poppy ; Consolation of Sleep. Prickly Pear; Satire. Pride of China ; Discussion. Primrose ; Early Youth. Primrose (Evening) ; Inconstancy. Privet; Prohibition. I 110 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Purple Clover ; Provident. Pyramidal Bell Flower ; Gratitude. Pyrus Japonica ; Fairies’ Fire. Q- Quamoclet; Busybody. [quettes. Queen’s Rocket; You are the Queen of Co- R. Ragged Robin ; Wit. Ranunculus ; You are radiant with Charms. Red Bay ; Love’s Memory. Red Mulberry; Wisdom. Red Shanks ; Patience. Rest-Harrow ; Obstacle. Rhododendron ; Danger. Rocket; Rivalry. Rose ; Beauty. Rose (Wild) ; Simplicity. Rose (Acacia); Elegance. Rosebud ; Youthful Charms. Roses (A Garland of) ; Reward of Virtue. Rosebay ; Dignity in Misfortune. Rosebay-Willow Herb; Celibacy. Rose Campion ; You are without Pretension Rose (White) ; I am worthy of you. Rosemary; Remembrance. Rose-scented Geranium • Preference. Rudbeckia ; Justice. Rue ; Grace or Purification. Rush ; Docility. S. Saffron-Flower ; Excess is Dangerous. Saffron Crocus; Mirth. Sage ; Esteem. Sardony ; Irony. Scabius ; Unfortunate Attachment. FLORAL DICTIONARY. Ill Scarlet Fuchsia; Taste. Scarlet Ipomcea, or Indian Jasmine ; I attach myself to you. Scotch Fir; Elevation. Sensitive Plant; Timidity. Serpentine Cactus ; Horror. Service-Tree ; Prudence. Shaking Saintfoin; Agitation. Siberian Crab-Tree-Blossom ; Deeply interesting. Sidesaddle Flower ; Will you pledge me I Silver Fir ; Elevation. Small Bindweed; Obstinacy. Small White Violet; Candor and Innocence. Snapdragon ; You are dazzling, but dangerous. Snowball; Thoughts of Heaven. Snowdrop; Consolation. Solomon’s Seal; Mystery. Sorrel ; Wit ill-timed. Southern-Wood ; Jest or Bantering. Spanish Jasmine : Sensuality. Speedwell ; Fidelity. Spider-Ophrys ; Skill—Adroitness. Spiderwort; Transient, Happiness. [Heart. Spindle-Tree ; Your Image is engraven on my Spiked Speedwell ; Resemblance. Spirse Hypericum Frutex ; Uselessness. Squirting Cucumber; Critic. St. Jolin’s-wort; Superstitious Sanctity. Star of Bethlehem ; The Light of our Path—Fol¬ low me. Stock, or Gillyflower; Lasting Beauty. Stonecrop ; Perseverance. Stramonium (Common) ; Disguise. Strawberry ; Perfect Excellence. Striped Pink ; Refusal. Sumach ; Splendor. Sunflower ; Smile on me still. Swaliowwort; Medicine. 112 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Sweet-Brier, or Eglantine ; Poetry, Sweet Flag; Fitness. Sweet Pea; Delicate Pleasure. Sweet Soltan ; Felicity. [tice. Sweet-scented Tussilage ; You shall have Jus- Sweet Violet; Modesty. Sweet-William ; Craftiness. Sycamore ; Woodland Beauty. Syringa; Memory. T. Tamarisk ; Crime. Tansy ; Resistance. Teasel ; Misanthropy. Ten-Week’s-Stock ; Promptitude. Thistle; Austerity. Thorn-Apple ; Deceitful Charms. Thrift; Sympathy. Throatwort; Neglected Beauty. Thyme ; Activity. Tremella Nostoc ; Resolve the Riddle. Truffle ; Surprise. Tiger-Flower ; For once may Pride befriend me. Tree of Life ; Old Age. Tuft of Moss ; Maternal Love. Tulip ; Declaration of Love. Turnip; Charity. V. Valerian (Red) ; Accommodating Disposition. Various-colored Lantana; Rigor. Verbena ; Sensibility. Vernal Grass ; Poor, but happy. Vervain; Enchantment. Venus’s Car ; Fly with me. Venus’s Flytrap ; Have I caught you at last. Venus’s Looking-Glass ; Flattery. Vine ; Intoxication. floral dictionary. 113 Violet; Modesty. Virgin’s Bower ; Artifice. Virginian Spiderwort; Momentary Happiness. Volkamenica Japonica; May you be happy. W. Wall-Flower; Fidelity in Adversity. Wall-Speedwell; Fidelity. Water-Lily; Eloquence. Walnut; Intellect. Walking-Leaf; How came you here! Watermelon ; Bulkiness. Water-Star ; Beauty combined with Piety. Wax-Plant; Susceptibility. Wax-Myrtle ;• I will enlighten you. Weeping-Willow ; Melancholy* Wheat ; Riches. White Jasmine ; Amiableness. 'A hite Lilac ; Youth. White Lily ; Purity and Modesty. White Mullein ; Good Nature. White Oak ; Independence. White Pink ; Talent. White Poplar; Time. White Poppy ; Sleep of the Heart. White Rose ; Silence. White Rose (Dried); Death preferable to Loss of Innocence. White Rosebud ; The Heart that knows not Love. White Violet; Candor. Wild or Dog Rose ; Simplicity. Willow ; Forsaken.. Willow Herb; Pretension. Winter-Cherry; Deception. Witch-Hazel ; A Spell. Woodbine ; Fraternal Love. Wood-Sorrel; Joy. Wormwood; Absence. 114 FLORAL DICTIONARY Y. Yarrow ; War. Yellow Carnation; Disdain. Yellow-Day-Lily; Coquetry. Yellow Gentian ; Ingratitude. Yellow Iris ; Flame. Yellow Rose ; Infidelity. Yew; Sorrow. Z. Zinnia; Absence. A. A Belle ; Orchis.* Absence ; Wormwood—Zinnia. Accomodating Disposition ; Red Valerian. Activity ; Thyme. Afterthought; Catesby’s Starwort. Agitation ; Moving Plant. Amiability ; Jessamine, or Jasmine. An appointed Meeting; Pea Ardor ; Cuckoo-Plant—Arum, or Wake-Robin. Argument; Fig. Art; Bear’s-Breech. A Spell; Witch-Hazel. Assignation ; Pimpernel. Attachment ; Scarlet-flowered Ipomosa. Austerity ; Fullers’ Teasel—Thistle. Aversion ; China or Indian Pink. B. Baseness ; Dodder. Bashful Shame; Peony. Beauty ; Rose. Beauty combined with Piety ; Water-Star. Beauty ever new ; China or Monthly Rose. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 115 Beauty and Elegance ; Camellia Japonica. Beauty is your only Attraction ; Japan Rose. Beneficence ; Potato. Benevolence ; Calycanthus. Beware ; Oleander. Beware of the Coquette ; Catalpa-Tree. Birth; Dittany. Bluntness of Manners ; Borage. Blushes ; Marjorum. Boaster; Ilydranger. Boldness ; Larch. Bond of Love ; Honeysuckle. Bulkiness ; Watermelon. Bury me amid Nature’s Beauties ; Rersimon. Busybody ; Quamoclet. C. Calumny; Hellebore—Madder. Candor and Innocence ; Sweet White Violet. Capricious Beauty; Musk-Rose. Celibacy ; Rosebay Willow-Herb. Charity; Turnip. Chastity; Orange-Flower. Cheerfulness ; Crocus. Cheerfulness in Adversity ; Chinese Chrysanthe¬ mum—Gorse. Coldhearted ; Lettuce. Coldness—To live without Love ; Agnus Castus. Come down to me ; Jacob’s Ladder. Complaisance ; Common Reed. Concealed Love ; Yellow Acacia. Concealed Merit; Coriander. Confidence ; Hepatica—Polyanthus. ! Confidence in Heaven ; Flowering Reed. Conjugal Love ; Lime or Linden Tree. Consolation ; Snowdrop. Consolation of Sleep ; Poppy. Constancy; Canterbury Blue Bell. 116 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Content; Iloustonia. Coquetry ; Yellow Day-Lily. Counterfeit : Mock Orange. Courage ; Black Poplar. Craftiness; Sweet-William. Crime ; Tamarisk. Critic ; Squirting Cucumber. Cruelty; Nettle. Cure (A) ; Balm. Cure for the Heartache ; Asclepias. D. Danger ; Rhododendron. Dangerous Insinuation ; Great Bindweed. Death and Eternal Sorrow ; Cypress-Tree. Death preferable to Loss of Innocence ; White Rose (Dried). Deceitful Charms ; Thorn-Apple. Deceitful Hope ; Daffodil. Deception ; Winter-Cherry. Declaration of Love ; Tulip. Deeply Interesting ; Siberian Crab-Tree Blossom. Delay ; Eupatorium. Delicacy ; Blue-Bottle Centaury. Delicate and Lovely as this Flower; Harebell. Delicate Beauty; Hibiscus. Delicate Pleasure ; Sweet Pea. Delusive Hope ; False Narcissus. Desire ; Jonquil. Despair ; Marygold and Cypress. Devotion ; Heliotrope. Difficulty; Black Thorn. Diffidence ; Cyclamen. Dignity; Clove-Gillyflower. Dignity in Misfortune ; Rosebay. Discretion—Secrecy; Maiden-flair. Disdain; Yellow Carnation. Disguise ; Common Stramonium. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 117 Disgust; Frog-Ophrys Dissension ; Pride of China. Dissension—Rupture ; Broken Straw. Distinction ; Cardinal’s Flower. Distrust; Lavender. Docility; Rush. Do me Justice ; Chestnut-Tree. Durability; Cornelian Cherry-Tree. E. Early Youth; Primrose. Egotism ; Poets' Narcissus. Elegance; Acacia Rose. Elevation ; Fir-Tree. Eloquence ; Iris—Water-Lily. Embarrassment; Love in a Puzzle. Enchantment ; Vervain. Energy in Adversity ; Camomile. Entertainment—Feasting ; Parsley. Envy; Bramble. Error; Bee-Ophrys. Esteem ; Sage. Excess is Dangerous ; Saffron-Flower. Extinguished Hopes ; Convolvulus Major. F. Fair within, though cold in seeming ; The Dew- Plant. Falsehood ; Burgloss—Manchineel-Tree. Fancy’s Fire ; Night Blowing Cereus. Fame speaks him great and good; Apple-Bios- som. Farewell ; Michaelmas Daisy. Fascination ; Enchanter s Night-Shade. Fecundity ; Hollyhock. Felicity ; Sweet Soltan. Feminine Modesty ; Calla jEthiopica. 1 ] 8 KLORAI. DICTIONARY. Fidelity; Wall-Speedvveli. Fidelity in Adversity ; Wall Flower. Filial Love ; Clematis. Finesse ; Sweet-William. Fire ; Fraxinella. First Emotion of Love ; Lilac. Fitness ; Sweet Flag. Flame ; Yellow Iris. Flattery’s Smile; Buckbean. Flattery ; Venus’s Looking-Glass. Flee away ; Pennyroyal. Fly with me ; Venus’s Car. Follow me—The Light of our Path; Star of Bethlehem. Folly ; Columbine. Foolishness; Pomegranate. Forgetfulness ; Moonwort. Forget me not; Myosotis or Mouse-Ear. For once may Pride befriend me ; Tiger-Flower. Forsaken; Garden Anemone, Willow. Frankness ; Osier. Fraternal Love ; Woodbine. Freshness of Complexion ; Damask Rose. Friendship ; Acacia Rose—Ivy. Frivolity ; London Pride. Frivolous Amusements ; Bladder-Nut-Tree. Frozen Kindness ; Hoarhound. Frugality; Endive. G. Gayety ; Butterfly-Ophrys. Gallantry; Nosegay. Generosity ; Orange-Tree. Genius ; Plane-Tree. Glorious Beauty ; Glory-Flower. Glory ; Laurel. Good Education ; Cherry-Tree. Good Nature ; White Mullein. floral dictionary. 119 Goodness ; Good Henry—Goosefoot. Gossip ; Cobcea. Graces ; Hundred-leaved Rose. Gracefulness ; Birch. Grandeur; Ash. Gratitude ; Pyramidal Bell-Flower. Giief; Hyacinth. H. • Hardiness ; Cranberry. Hatred ; Basil. Haughtiness, or Pride ; Amaryllis. Have I caught you at last ? Venus’s Flytrap. Healing—A Cure ; Balm of Gilead. Health; Iceland Moss Heartless Beauty; Dahlia. Honesty ; Honesty. Hope ; Hawthorn. Hopeless, not Heartless ; Love lies a-Bleedwg. Horror ; Serpentine Cactus. Hospitality : Oak. How came you here! Walking-Leaf. Humanity ; Marshmallow. Humility ; Bindweed. Hypocrisy ; Ebony. I. I am not changed—they wrong me; Fairy’s Glove, or Foxglove. I am your Captive ; Peach-Blossom. 1 am worthy of you; White Rose. I attach myself to you ; Scarlet Ipomcea, or In¬ dian Jasmine. I burn ; Common Cactus. I change but in dying; Bay-Leaf. I declare against you ; Belvidere. I die if neglected ; Laurustinus. 120 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Idleness ; Fig Marygold. I feel your Kindness ; Flax. Immortality; Amaranth. Impatience; Balsam. Impatience of Absence ; Corchorus. Imperfection; Henbane. Importunity ; Common Thistle—Burdock. Inconstancy; Evening Primrose. Incorruptible ; Cedar of Lebanon. Independence ; White Oak—Wild Plum-Tree. Indifference; Candy-Tuft. Indiscretion—Heedlessness ; Almond-Tree. Infidelity ; Yellow Rose. Ingenuous Simplicity ; Mouse-Ear Chickweed. Ingratitude ; Yellow Gentian—Buttercups. Injustice ; Hops. Innocence; Daisy. Inquietude ; Marygold. Inspiration ; Angelica. Instruction ; Bayberry. Intellect; Walnut. Intoxication ; Vine. I partake your 1 Sentiments ; Garden Daisy. Irony; Sardony. I surmount all Difficulties ; Mistletoe. I trust in thee ; Peruvian Heliotrope. I will enlighten you ; Wax-Myrtle. I will not survive you; Black-Mulberry-Tree. I will not trouble you ; A Roseleaf. I will think of it; White Daisy. I with the Morning’s Love have oft made Sport; Bachelor’s Button. I wish I was rich; King-Cup. J. Jealousy; French Marygold. Jest or bantering; Southern-Wood. Joy; Wood-Sorrel. floral dictionary. 121 Justice ; Rudbeckia. Coltsfoot ; Justice shall be done you. K. Keep your Promises ; Plum-Tree. Knight-Errantry ; Monk’s Hood. L. Lamentation; Aspen-Tree. Lasting Beauty ; Stock, or Gillyflower. Lasting Pleasure ; Everlasting Pea. Liberty ; Live Oak. Life ; Lucerne. Let me go ; Butterfly-Weed. Levity ; Larkspur. Lively and pure Affection ; Pink. Love ; Myrtle. Love at first Sight; Coreopsis. Love in a Snow-Wreath; Mezereon. Love Returned ; Ambrosia. Love’s Memory ; Red-Bay. Love-Match ; London Pride. Love unsought; Chinese Honeysuckle. Lustre ; Aconite-leaved Crowfoot. Luxury; Horse-Chestnut. M. Majesty and Power ; Crown Imperial. Maternal Love ; Tuft of Moss. Matrimony ; American Linden. ^ May you be happy ; Volkamemca Japomca. Medicine ; Swallowwort. Meekness with Dignity ; Plumbago. Melancholy; Weeping-Willow Melancholy Spirit; Sorrowful Geranium. Memory; Syringa. Mental Beauty; Kennedia. Message; Iris. 122 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Mirth ; Saffron Crocus—Broom. Misanthropy; Teasel. Misplaced Devotion ; Aloe. Modesty; Violet. Momentary Happiness; Virginian Spiderwort. Mourning ; Cypress. Music; Bundle of Reeds with Panicles. My best Days are past; Meadow-Saffron. My Heart bleeds for you ; Camellia Japohica. My Regrets will follow you to the Grave ; As¬ phodel. Mystery; Solomon’s Seal. N. Necessitude ; Locust. Neglected Beauty; Throatwort. Never-ceasing Remembrance ; Everlasting. Night; Convolvulus Minor, or Night Convolvu¬ lus. O. Obstacle ; Ox-Eye—Rest-Harrow. Obstinacy; Small Bindweed. Old Age ; Tree of Life. Oracle ; Dandelion. Ornament; Hornbeam. P. Painting; Auricula. Parental Love ; Cinquefoil. Paternal Error ; Lady’s SmocK. Patience ; Red Shanks—Patience Dock. Patriotism; Nasturtium Peace ; Olive. Peerless and Proud ; Magnolia. Pensive Beauty ; Laburnum. Pensiveness; Cowslip. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 123 Perfect Excellence ; Strawberry. Perfidy ; Almond-Laurel. Perplexity ; Love in a Mist. Persecution ; Checkered Fritillary. Perseverance ; Stonecrop. Persuasion; Althaea Frutex. Pity; Pine. Platonic or Chaste Love ; Acacia. Pleasure without Alloy ; Moss-Rose. Plenty ; Maize. Poetry ; Sweet Brier, or Eglantine. Poor, but happy; Vernal Grass. Popular Favor; Cistus. Poverty ; Evergreen Clematis. Precaution ; Golden Rod. Precocity ; May-Rose. Preference ; Rose-scented Geranium — Blossom. Presage; Small-Cape Marygold. Pretension ; Willow-Herb—Lythrum. ' Privation ; Myrobalum. Profit; Cabbage. Prohibition ; Privet. Prolific ; Fig-Tree. Promptitude ; Ten-Weeks’-Stock. Prosperity ; Bryony. Protection ; Juniper. Provident; Purple Clover. Prudence ; Service-Tree—Mountain-Ash Purification, or Grace ; Rue. Purity and Modesty ; White Lily. Q. Quicksightedness; Hawkweed. R. Rarity; Mandrake. Reason; Goat’s Rue. Apple- I 124 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Reckless Mirth; Grape (Wild). Reconciliation ; Filbert. Refusal ; Striped Pink. Religious Enthusiasm ; Lychnis. Religious Superstition ; Passion-Flower. Remembrance ; Rosemary. Resemblance ; Spiked Speedwell. Reserve ; Maple. Resignation; Indian Cress. Resistance ; Tansy. Resolve the Riddle ; Tremella Nostoc. Restoration ; Persicaria. Return of Happiness ; Lily of the Valley. Revenge ; Birds’ foot Trefoil. Revery ; Flowering Forn. Reward of Virtue ; A Garland of Roses. Reward of Merit ; Bay-Wreath. Riches; Com—Wheat. Rigor; Various-colored Lantana. Rivalry; Rocket. Royalty ; Angrec. Rupture-^Dissension ; Broken Straw. Rustic Beauty ; French Honeysuckle. S. Sadness ; Dead Leaves. Satire ; Pepper-Plant. Sculpture ; Hoya. Secrecy—Discretion ; Maiden-Hair. Secret Love ; Motherwort. Sensibility ; Verbena. Sensitiveness ; Mimosa. Sensuality; Spanish Jasmine. Separation; Ash-leaved Trumpet-Flower. Soul of my Soul ; Virginian Jasmine. Serenade ; Dew-Plant. Severity ; Branch of Thorns. Sharpness—Sourness ; Barberry. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 125 She will be Fashionable ; Queen’s Rocket. Sickness ; Field Anemone. Silence ; White Rose. Simplicity; Wild or Dog Rose. Sincerity; Fern—Garden,Chervil. Singularity ; Crested Amaranth. Skill—Adroitness ; Spider-Ophrys. Sleep of the Heart; White Poppy. Smiles ; Crocus. Smile on me still ; Sunflower. Snare ; Dragon-Plant—Catchfly. Solace in Adversity ; Evergreen Thorn. Solitude ; Heath. Sorrow; Yew. Sorrowful Remembrances ; Pheasant’s Eye. or Flos Adonis. Spiritual Beauty ; Cherry-Tree Blossom. Splendor; Lobelia—Sumach. Spleen; Common Fumitory. Stoicism ; Box. Strength ; Cedar-Tree—Fennel. Submission ; Grass. Success crown your Wishes ; Coronilla. Superstitious Sanctity; St. John’s-wort. Surprise ; Betony—Truffle. Susceptibility ; Wax-Plant. Suspicion ; Mushroom. Sweet or mild Disposition ; Mallow. Sweet Remembrances; Periwinkle. Sweets to the Sweet; Daphne Odora. Sympathy; Thrift. T. Talent ; White Pink. Tardiness ; Flax-leaved Goldy-Locks. Taste ; Scarlet Fuchsia. Tears ; Helenium. Thankfulness; Agrimony. 126 FLORAL DICTIONARY. The Arts; Acanthus. ;The Heart that knows not Love ; White Rose- ^ bud. The Incense of a faithful Heart; Frankincense. The Light of our Path; Follow me — Star of Bethlehem. The Perfection of human Loveliness ; Justicia. The witching Soul of Music, hers ; Oats. Think of me ; Pansy, or Heart's-Ease. Thoughts of Heaven ; Snowball. Time ; White Poplar. Timidity ; Marvel of Peru—Sensitive Plant Token ; Laurentinus. Tranquillity ; Rock-Madwort. Transient Friendship ; Moneywort. Transient Happiness ; Spiderwort. Treachery ; Bilberry. Treason ; Whortleberry. True Love ; Forget me-rrot. Truth; Bittersweet-Nightshade. \ U. Unanimity ; Phlox. Unbelief; Judas-tree. Uneasiness ; Garden-Marygold. Unfortunate Attachment; Scabius. Uselessness ; Spirre Hypericum Frutex. Utility; Dried Flax—Grass. V. Variety ; China-Aster. Vice ; Darnel or Ray Grass. Victory; Palm. Virgin Pride ; Gentiana Fritillaria. Virtue ; Mint. Voluptuousness ; Tuberose. Voraciousness ; Lupin. Vulgar Minds ; African Marygold. FLORAL DICTIONARY. 127 W. War; Common Milfoil—Yarrow. Weak but Winning j-Moschatel. Weakness ; Musk-Crowfoot. Welcome to a Stranger ; American Starwort. Will you pledge me! Sidesaddle-Flower. Win tne and wear me ; Lady’s Slipper. Winter : Guelder-Hose. Wisdom ; White Mulberry-Tree. Wit; Ragged Robin. Wit ill-timed ; Sorrel. Woodland Beauty ; Sycamore. Worth beyond Beauty; Alyssum (Sweet). Y. You are Cold ; Hortensia. You are dazzling but dangerous ; Snapdragon. You are my Divinity ; American Cowslip. You are perfect; Pine-Apple. You are radiant with Charms ; Ranunculus. You are the Queen of Coquettes; Queen’s Rocket. You are without Pretension; Flora’s Bell— Pasque Flower—Rose Campion. You please all; Branch of Currants. You puzzle me ; Love in a Mist. Your Blush has won me ; Azalea. Your Frown I defy; Anemone. • Your Image is engraven on my Heart; Spindle- Tree. Your Looks freeze me ; Ice-Plant. Your Presence softens my Pain ; Milk-Vetch. Your Qualities surpass your Charms; Mignion- ette. You shall have Justice ; Sweet-scented Tussil- age. Youth; White Lilac. 128 FLORAL DICTIONARY. Youthful Charms ; Rosebud. You will cause my Death; Hemlock. Z. Zealousness; Elder. Zest; Lemon. THE END. ' i V i ii. ■H