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Oleander. Beware. Shun the coming evil. In vain is the net spread in 

 the sight of any bird. 



Olive. Peace. After a storm comes a calm. 



Orange flowers. Bridal festivity. f 



Parsley. (Apium.) Useful knowledge. 



Passionflower. (Passiflora.) Devotion. 



Peach Blossom. Here I fix my choice. 



Periwinkle. (Vinca.) Recollection of the past. 



Phlox. Our souls are united. 



Pine. (Pinus resinosa.) Time and philosophy. 



Pine. Spruce. Farewell ! for I must leave thee. 



Pink, single white. (Dianthus.) ' Ingenuousness. Stranger to art. 



Pink, single red. A token of all the heart can keep, 

 Of holy love in its fountain deep. 



Pink, China. (Dianthus Chinensis.) Aversion. Though repulsed, not in 

 despair. 



Pink, variegated. Refusal. You have my friendship ; ask not for more. 



Pcp.ony. (Pceonia.) Anger. Ostentation. 



Polyanthus. Thou knowest my confidence in thee. 



Pomegranate flower. (Punica.) Mature and beautiful. 



Poppy, red. Consolation. Let, the darkness of the past be forgotten, in the 

 light of hope. 



Poppy, white. Doom'd to heal or doom'd to kill, 



Fraught with good or fraught with ill. 



Poppy, variegated. Beauty without loveliness. 



Primrose. (Primula.) Be mine the delight of bringing modest worth from 

 obscurity. 



Primrose, evening. (O3nothera.) Inconstancy. Be not beguiled with smooth 

 words. Man's love is like the changing moon. 



Ranunculus. Flowers are beautiful, but do not, like mental beauty, delight 

 the heart. 



Rosemary. Keep this for my sake. I'll remember thee. 



Rue. (Ruta.) Disdain. This trifling may be mirth to you, but 'tis death 

 to me. 



Rose bud. Confession. Thou hast stolen my affections. 



Rose, Burgundy. Modesty and innocence united to beauty. 



Rose, damask. ' Sweeter than the op'ning rose. 



Rose, red. The blush of modesty is lovely. 



Rose, moss. Superior merit. 



Rose, while. " I would be, 



In maiden meditation, fancy free." 



Rose white, withered. Emblem of my heart. Withered like your love. 



Rose, wild. Simplicity. Let not your unsophisticated heart be corrupted 

 by intercourse with the world. 



Rose, cinnamon. Without pretension. Such as I am, receive me. Would 

 I were of more worth, for your sake. 



Sage (Salvia.) Domestic virtues. Woman's province is home. 



Scarlet Lychnis. (Lychnis chalcedonica.) I see my danger without power 

 to shun. 



Snapdragon. (Antirrhinum.') I have been flattered with false hopes. 



Snowball. (Viburnum.) Virtues cluster around thee. A union. 



Snow drop. (Galanihus.) Though chilled with adversity, I will be true to 

 thee. I am not a summer friend. 



Sorrel. (Rumex.) Wit ill timed. He makes a foe who makes a jest. 



Speedwell. (Veronica.) True love's a holy flame, 



Aiid when 'tis kindled, ne'er can die. 



Spider wort. (Tradescantia.) The pledge of friendship, 'tis all my heart 

 can give. Would'st thou then counsel me to fall in love ? 



Star of Bethlehem. (Ornithogalum.) Reconciliation. Light is brightest 

 when it shineth in darkness. 



Solidago. (Golden rod.) Encouragement. 



Strawberry. (Fragaria.) A pledge of future happiness. 



Sumach. (Rhus.) Splendor. Wealth cannot purchase love. Have you 

 never seen splendid misery ? 



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