FLORAL EMBLEMS. 93 



COLD-HEARTED. 



LETTUCE. Lactuca. 



" Fat col worts, and comforting purseline, 

 Cold lettuce, and refreshing rosemarine." 



Spencer. 



, 

 It is fabled, that after the death of Adonis, 



Venus laid upon a bed of lettuce. 



" And now let lettuce, with its healthful sleep, 

 Make haste, which of a tedious long disease 

 The painful loathings cures." 



Columella. 



