LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 423 
Lily, white. ( Lilium candidum.) Purity. With looks too pure for 
earth. 
Lily, yellow. False. Light as air. 
Lily of the Valley. ( Convallaria .) Delicacy. The heart withering 
in secret. 
Locust, the green leaves. Affection beyond the grave. Sorrow ends 
not, when it seemcth done. 
Lupine. Indignation. 
Magnolia. Perseverance. 
Marigold. Cruelty. Contempt. 
Mirabilis. (Four-o-clock.) Timidity. 
Mignonette. ( Reseda odorala.) Moral and intellectual beauty. 
Mimosa. \Sensilive Plant.) My heart is like a broken lute. 
Mock Orange, or Syringa. ( Philadelphus .) Counterfeit. I cannot 
believe one who has once deceived me. 
Myrtle. ( Myrtus .) Love. 
Myrtle, withered. Love betrayed. 
Narcissus. Egotism. The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels. 
Nettle. ( Urlica .) Scandal. 
Nightshade. Suspicion. Artifice. Scepticism. 
Nasturtion. ( Tropaolum .) Honor to the brave. .Wit. 
Oleander. Beware. Shun the coming evil. In vain is the net spread 
in the sight of any bird. 
Olive. Peace. After a storm comes a calm. 
Orange Jlowers. Bridal festivity. 
Parsley. ( Apium .) Useful knowledge. 
Passion flower. [Passi flora.) Devotion. 
Peach blossom. Here I fix my choice. 
Periwinkle. (Vinca.) Recollections of the past. 
Phlox. Our souls are united. 
Pine. ( Pinus resinosa.) Time and philosophy. 
Pine. Spruce. Farewell ! for I must leave thee. 
Pink, single white. (Dianthus.) Ingenousness. Stranger to ait. 
Pink, single red. A token of all 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. 
Pecony. (Pieonia.) Anger. Ostentation. 
Polyanthus. Thou knowest my confidence in thee. 
Pomegranate * flower. ( Punica .) Mature and beautiful. 
Poppy, red. Consolation. Let the darkness 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 -rabdest worth 
from obscurity. 
Primrose, evening, ( CEnothera .) Inconstancy.' Be not beguiled with 
smooth words. ’Man's love is like Jthe changing moon. 
Ranunculus. Flowers are beautiful, but do not, like mental beauty, 
delight the heart. 
. Rosemary. Keep this for my sake. I’ll remember thee. 
Rue. ( Ruta .) Disdain. This trifling may be mirth to you, but ’tis 
death to me. 
Rose bud. Confession. Thou hast stolen my affections. 
