DICTIONARY. 281 
Immortality, Amaranth. Page 226. The name of 
this flower is composed of two Greek words, 
which signify never-fading. 
Impatience, Balsam. The seed-vessel of this plant 
contains five cells. When maturity approaches, 
each of these divisions curls up at the slightest 
touch, and scatters its seeds to a distance by a 
spontaneous movement. Hence its English ap- 
pellation — Touch-me-not. 
Importunity, Burdock. Burdock takes possession 
of a good soil, from which it is very difficult to 
extirpate it. Everybody is acquainted with its 
burs, which fasten on one's clothes in such a 
troublesome manner. 
Inconstancy, Large-flowered Evening Primrose. 
A native of Virginia, which, notwithstanding its 
inconstancy, has been favourably received in our 
gardens. 
Independence, Wild Plum-tree. The wild Plum is 
the least tractable of our native trees. It will not 
bear the knife, neither can it be transplanted. 
Indiscretion, Bulrush. King Midas, having pre- 
ferred the singing of Marsyas, the satyr, to that of 
Apollo, the god clapped upon him a pair of ass's 
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