HENBANE. 



even more fully than when amid the wilds but beauties of 

 nature we wander far away from the busy haunts of our 

 kind ; yet, as an emblem of Solitude, we cannot but regard 

 the Heath as perhaps the most appropriate flower. 



HENBANE {Hyoscyamus niger). — Fault. 



Henbane is a medicinal plant of frequent use by living 

 physicians. It is a virulent poison, but in their hands is 

 productive of great benefit in many cases. The Turks are 

 said to make use of it as a narcotic, its effects resembling 

 those of opium, and they who commonly make use of it 

 are regarded as dissolute debauchees. 



HEPATICA (Hepatica triloba). — CONFIDENCE. 



This is a great favourite in the flower border, not only 

 on account of the various colours it displays, but their many 

 shades. The leaves are so formed as to bear a striking re- 

 semblance to the lobes of the liver, whence its generic name. 

 It blooms from February to April ; and when it spreads forth 

 its pretty petals, the gardener knows that the earth is in a 

 genial state, and that he may with Confidence sow his 

 seeds. 



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