MARIGOLD. 



They further affirm that he who uproots them dies soon 

 after. 



A volume might be filled with an account of the fanciful, 

 absurd, and superstitious ideas, which have produced many- 

 old errors as to the opposite virtues of a plant which, perhaps, 

 never existed. 



MARIGOLD (Calendula officinalis). — Pain. Chagrin. 



All the world knows this golden-coloured flower, which 

 symbolizes mental sorrow, as when Phoebus 



" down declines, she droops and mourns. 

 Bedewed as 'twere with tears, till he returns ; 

 And * * veils her flowers when he is gone 



As if she 



did contemn (despise) 



To wait upon a meaner light than him." — Withers. 



This flower offers to the observer many remarkable singu- 

 larities. It blooms the whole year, or during the calends of 

 each month, whence its name Calendula. Its flowers are 

 open from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. only ; yet they always turn to 

 the sun, and follow him in his course from east to west. 



The sorrowful signs of the Marigold may be modified in 

 many ways. Joined with roses, it is the emblem of the 

 sweet sorrows of love ; alone, it expresses ennui ; woven with 

 different flowers it represents the ever-varying course of 

 life, a mixture of good and ill ; in the East, a bouquet of 



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