FLORAL EMBLEMS. 93 



COLD-HEARTED. 



Lettuce. — Lactuca. 



^' Fat colworts, and comforting purseline. 

 Cold lettuce, and refreshing rosemarine." 



Spencer, 



It is fabled, that after the death of Adonis, 

 Venus laid upon a bed of lettuce. 



" And now let lettuce, with its healthful sleep. 

 Make haste, which of a tedious long disease 

 The painfuLloathings cures." 



Columella. 



