MOONWORT. 



memory, and his surname Philadelphus, that is to say, 

 Brotherly Love, serves to designate the genus of which there 

 are four species in cultivation. 



MOONWORT {Lunaria biennis). — FORGETFULNESS. 



This plant has several names, which have been given to it 

 on account of the broad round silvery silicles, which are 

 moon-shaped. The film which presents this form retains its 

 brilliancy, and has some resemblance to a piece of money, or 

 to a cake called Oublie by the French. It is said that Rene, 

 Duke of Bar and Lorraine, having been taken prisoner at the 

 battle of Thoulongean, painted by his own hand a branch of 

 Lunaria, and sent it to his people to reproach them for their 

 tardiness in securing his freedom. 



MOSS. — Maternal Love. 



Lapland mothers are said to wrap their infant offspring in 

 ermine, and cradle them in moss. Nothing can form a softer 

 couch, and when we think of ourselves as wearied in a 

 pedestrian excursion, we fancy that a moss-covered bank, 

 beneath an umbrageous tree, might be the luxury then most 

 desirable. Wordsworth says, 



" There is a fresh and lovely sight, 

 A beauteous heap, a hill of moss. 

 Just half a foot in height. 

 All lovely colours there you see, 

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