MARYGOLD. AND CYPRESS. 



Marigolds and Poppies says, " I will soothe your grief." It 

 is especially by the like modifications that the Language of 

 Flowers becomes the interpreter of our sentiments. 



MARYGOLD AND CYPRESS.— Despair. 



Cypress is the emblem of Death ; the Marygold of 

 Chagrin and Pain ; together, the two plants are the emblem 

 of Despair. 



MARSH MALLOW {Althcea officinalis). — BENEFICENCE. 



Emblem of Beneficence, the Marsh Mallow is the friend of 

 the poor. It grows naturally by the stream which quenches 

 their thirst, and near the cottages which they dwell in ; but it 

 yields to cultivation, and we sometimes see its unassuming 

 stalks mingling with our garden flowers. It is free from 

 bitterness, and its appearance is agreeable ; its flesh-coloured 

 flowers harmonize with its leaves and stems, and the whole 

 plant is covered with a silken silvery down. It is pleasant 

 alike to the eye, and to the hand which touches it. Its 

 flowers, stems, leaves, and roots, are equally useful. Syrups 

 and lozengfes are made with its juices, and are as agreeable to 

 the palate, as they are beneficial to health. The traveller in 

 his wanderings sometimes finds the root a healthy and sub- 

 stantial food. We need only to look about our feet to find 

 all nature full of love and foresight ; but this gentle mother 

 has often hidden, in plants as well as in man, the greatest 

 virtues under the most unpretending aspect. 



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