THE YEW-TREE. 



YELLOW ROSE.— Unfaithfulness. 



Yellow is the colour which we usually assign to faults of 

 unfaithfulness. The Yellow Rose seems the flower which 

 properly represents those who are guilty of it. Water 

 wearies it, the sun burns it. Constraint can alone bring this 

 Rose, which has no fragrance, into good condition. It does 

 not improve with care, nor yet when it enjoys freedom. 

 When one would wish to see it at its best, we must bend its 

 buds down to the earth, secure them in that position, and 

 then it will flourish. 



THE YEW-TREE {Taxus baccata). — SADNESS. 



"The Yew, which, in the place of sculptured stone, 

 Marks out the resting-place of men unknown." — 



Churchill. 



The Yew-tree has always been considered the suitable 

 ornament of churchyards, and so has become associated with 

 sad recollections. It is not a favourite tree with us. Its 

 appearance, when left to grow at will, is gloomy and heavy. 

 We had occasion to plant trees in a churchyard, and we pre- 

 ferred the cheerful Lime-tree, which has grown and prospered, 

 and added much to the light and airy aspect of the village 

 cemetery. We were offered some Yew-trees, which we declined 

 with thanks. Where our brothers and sisters sleep the sleep 

 of death, there ought we to feel all the comfort that we can 

 feel, in the hope that they enjoy a better life than this, and 



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