296 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
has clearly indicated that its flowers are designed 
for the exclusive decoration of royally. 
Rudeness, Clot Bur. The rough and prickly Clot 
Bur, which possesses neither beauty nor utility, 
though continually banished from our fields, 
always finds its way back to them. 
Rupture, Greek Valerian. Pliny relates that several 
Kings contested the honour of having first disco- 
vered this plant : hence it received the name of 
Polemonium from the Greek word polemos, 
signifying war. 
Rupture of a Contract, Broken Straw. Page 183. 
Sadness, Dead Leaves. Page 232. 
Secrecy, Maiden Hair. Page 203. 
Self-love, Narcissus. Page 63. 
Separation, Carolina Jasmine. Page 161. 
Sickness, Field Anemone. In some countries 
people imagine that the flowers of the Field 
Anemone are so pernicious as to taint the air, 
and that those who breathe its emanations are 
liable to severe illness. 
Silence, White Rose. The god of silence was 
represented under the form of a young man, half- 
naked, with the fore-finger of one hand on his 
