LA VENDER. 



LAVENDER {Lavandula spied). — DISTRUST. 



A NOTION prevailed in days of yore that the Asp, a most 

 dangerous kind of viper, delighted chiefly to dwell under 

 the Lavender plant ; which on that account was always 

 approached with Distrust. 



It yields an agreeable scent by distillation, and its dried 

 stems and leaves and flowers supply a most pleasing means 

 of perfuming many domestic articles. Miss Strickland says 

 its " fragrance never dies." Shenstone writes, — 



" And Lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom 

 Shall be, erewhile, in arid bundles bound, 

 To lurk amidst the labours of her loom, 

 And crown her kerchiefs clean with mickle rare perfume." 



LETTUCE {Lactuca sativd). — COLDNESS. 



This well-known garden plant is the suitable emblem of 

 Coldness, but of Coldness most agreeable, since nothing is 

 more delicious to the palate than the crisp, juicy heart of the 

 Lettuce in the hot days of summer. 



LILAC {Syringa vidgaris\—YYBJ^T EMOTION OF LovE. 



The Lilac has been made the emblem of the first Emotion 

 of Love, because nothing has greater charms than this 

 pleasing shrub on the return of Spring. The freshness of 



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