MOONWORT, 



memory, and his surname Philadelphus, that is to say, 

 Brotherly Love, serves to designate the genus of which there 

 are four species in cultivation. 



MOONWORT {Lunaria ^/r;/;/zi-).— Forgetfulness. 



This plant has several names, which have been given to it 

 on account of the broad round silvery silicles, which are 

 moon-shaped. The film which presents this form retains its 

 brilliancy, and has some resemblance to a piece of money, or 

 to a cake called Oublie by the French. It is said that Rene, 

 Duke of Bar and Lorraine, having been taken prisoner at the 

 battle of Thoulongean, painted by his own hand a branch of 

 Lunaria, and sent it to his people to reproach them for their 

 tardiness in securing his freedom. 



MOSS.— Maternal Love. 



Lapland mothers are said to wrap their infant offspring in 

 ermine, and cradle them in moss. Nothing can form a softer 

 couch, and when we think of ourselves as weaned in a 

 pedestrian excursion, we fancy that a moss-covered bank, 

 beneath an umbrageous tree, might be the luxury then most 

 desirable. Wordsworth says, 



" There is a fresh and lovely sight, 

 A beauteous heap, a hill of moss, 

 Just half a foot in height. 

 All lovely colours there you see, 

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