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SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Olive. Peace. After a storm comes 
a calm. 
Orange flowers. Bridal festivity. 
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Parsley. {Apium.) Useful knowledge. 
Passion-flower. {Passiflora.) Devotion. 
Peach blossom. Here I fix my choice. 
Periwinkle. {Vinca.) Recollection of 
the past. 
Phlox. Our souls are united. 
Pine. {Pinus resmosa.) Time and 
philosophy. 
Pine. Spruce. Farewell ! for I must 
leave thee. 
Pink, single white. (Dianthus.) Inge- 
nuousness. Stranger to art. 
Pink, single red. 
A token of aU the heart can keep 
Of holy love, in its fountain deep. 
Pink, China. (Dianthus chinensis.) 
Aversion. Though repulsed, not in 
despair. 
Pink, variegated. Refusal. You have 
my friendship, ask not for more. 
Pozomj. {Pceania.) Anger. Ostenta- 
tion. 
Polyanthus. Thou knowest my confi- 
dence in thee. 
Pomegranate flower. {Punica.) Ma- 
ture and beautiful. 
Poppy, red. Consobtion. Let the dark- 
ness of the past be forgotten in the 
light of hope. 
Poppy, white. 
Doom'd to heal, or doom'd to kill — 
Fraught with good, or fraught with ill. 
Poppy, variegated. Beauty without 
loveliness. 
Primrose. {Primula.) Be mine the 
' .delight of bringing modest worth 
from obscurity. 
Primrose, evening. {(Enothera.) In- 
constancy. Be not beguiled with 
smooth words. Man's love is like 
the changing moon. 
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Ranunculus. Thou art fair to look 
upon, but not worthy of affection. 
Rosemary. Keep this for my sake. I'll 
remember thee. 
Rose-bud. Confession. Thou hast 
stolen my affections. 
Rose, Burgundy. Modesty and inno- 
cence united to beauty. 
Rose, damask. Sweeter than the open- 
ing rose. 
Rose, red. The blush of modesty is 
lovely. 
Rose, moss. Superior merit. 
^ose, white. 
I would be, 
In maiden n>editation, fancy free. 
Rose, white, withered. Emblem ot m) 
heart. Withered like your love. 
Rose, wild. Simplicity. Let not your 
unsophisticated heart be corrupted 
by intercourse with the world. 
Rose, cinnamon. Without pretension. 
Such as I am, receive me. Would 
I were of more worth for your sake. 
Rue. (Ruta.) Disdain. This trifling 
may be mirth to you, but 'tis death to 
me. 
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Sage. (Salvia.) Domestic virtues. 
Woman's province is home. 
Scarlet lychnis. (Lychnis chalcedonica.) 
I see my danger without power to 
shun. 
Snapdragon. (Antirrhinum.) I have 
been flattered with false hopes. 
Snow-ball. ( Viburnum,.) Virtues clus- 
ter around thee. A union. 
Snow-drop. (Galanthus.) Though 
chilled with adversity, I will be true 
to thee. lam not a summer friend. 
Solidago. (Golden rod.) Encourage- 
ment. 
Sorrel. (Rumex.) Wit ill-timed. He 
makes a foe who makes a jest. 
Speedwell. ( Veronica.) 
True love 's a holy flame. 
And when 'tis kindled, ne'er can die. 
Spider-wort. ( Tradescantia.) The 
pledge of friendship, 'tis all my heart 
can give. Wouldst thou then coun- 
sel me to fall in love 1 
Star of Bethlehem. (Ornithogalum.) 
Reconciliation. Light is brightest 
when it shines in darkness. 
Stock july-flower. You are too lavish 
of your smiles. 
Strawberry. (Fragaria.) A pledge of 
future happiness. 
Sumach. (Rhus.) Splendour. Wealth 
cannot purchase love. Have you 
never seen splendid misery ? 
Sun-flower. (Helianthus.) You are too 
aspiring. 
Sweet-pea. Departure. Must you go 1 
SweeUwilliam. (Dianthus barbatus.) Fi- 
nesse. One may smile and be a vil- 
lain. I cannot smile when disconttul 
sits heavy at my heart. , 
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Thistle. (Carduus.) Misanthropy, 0 
that the desert were my dwelling 
place ! 
Thorn-apple. (Stramonium.) Alasl 
that falsehood should appear in such 
a lovely ^'orm ! 
Thyme. Le\\s lovely than some, nut 
more estimable. 
