Part 5

Sunflower, (False riches) 104

Thorn-Apple, (Deceitful charms) 158

Thyme, (Activity) 94

Tuberose, (Dangerous love) 152

Tulip, (Declaration of love) 48

Valerian, (An accommodating disposition) 142

Vervain, (Enchantment) 184

Violet, (Modest worth) 31

Wall-Flower, (Fidelity in adversity) 51

White Water-Lily, (Purity) 70

White Rose, (I would be single) 74

Woodbine, or Honeysuckle, (Affection) 111

Wormwood, (Absence) 30

Yellow Rose, (Jealousy) 75

Yew, (Sorrow) 215

Death of the Flowers 257

Dictionary of Flowers 259

Calendar of Flowers 268

Dial of Flowers 293

The Floral Offering.

MEZEREON.... Coquetry--Desire to please.

This shrub, clothed in its showy garb, appears amidst the snow, like an imprudent and coquettish female, who, though shivering with cold, wears her spring attire in the depth of winter. The stalk of this shrub is covered with a dry bark, which gives it the appearance of dead wood. Nature, to hide this deformity, has encircled each of its sprays with a wreath of red flowers, terminating in a tuft of leaves. These flowers give out a peculiar and offensive smell.

You oftentimes can mark upon the street The gilded toy whom fashion idolizes; Heartless and fickle, swelled with self-conceit, Avoiding alway what good sense advises. Who flutters like the butterfly while burns his sun, Nor afterwards is missed when life is done.

W. H. C.

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Clouds turn with every wind about; They keep us in suspense and doubt; Yet oft perverse, like woman-kind, Are seen to scud against the wind. Is not this lady just the same? For who can tell what is her aim?

Swift.

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