434 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 



Sunflower. (HeUanthus.") You are too aspiring. 



Sweet William. (Dianthus barbatus.) Finesse. One may smile and be a 

 villain. I cannot smile when discontent sits heavy at my heart. 



Sweet pea. Departure. Must you go ? 



Stock gitty-flower. You are too lavish of your smiles. 



Thistle. (Carduus.) Misanthropy. O that the desert were my dwelling 

 place ! 



Thorn apple. (Stramonium.) Alas, that falsehood should appear in such a 

 lovely form ! 



Thyme. Less lovely than some, but more estimable. 



Tuberose. (Polyanthus Tuberosa.) Blessings brighten as they take their 



flight! 

 Tulip. 



Vanity. Thou hast metamorphosed me ! This love has been like 

 a blight upon my opening prospects. 



Tulip tree. (Liriodendrum.) Rural life favourable to health and virtue. 



Verbena. Sensibility. The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, 

 Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. 



Violet, blue. Faithfulness. I shall never forget. 



Violet, white. Modest virtue. 



Wall flower. (Cheiranthus.) Misfortune is a blessing, when it proves the 

 truth of friendship. 



Weeping Willow. (Salix.) Forsaken. Ask not one to join in mirth whose 

 heart is desolate. 



Wood Sorrel. (Oxalis.) Tenderness and affection. 



Woodbine. (Lonicera.) Fraternal love. 



Water Lily. The American lotus. (Nymphaea.) An emblem of silence. 



Yarrow. (AchUlea.) To heal a wounded heart. 



