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and turners. Tf its wood is valuable to artists 
the shrub which furnishes it ought to be esteemed 
by the farmer : the hedges formed with it appear 
in autumn loaded with red berries that produce a 
very pretty effect. 
Your looks freeze me, Ice plant. The leaves of 
this singular plant are covered with transparent 
vesicles full of water. When the plant is in the 
shade, it looks as if covered with dew ; when in 
the sunshine, it seems to be powdered with frozen 
crystals, that give it a brilliant appearance, and 
hence it derives its name. 
Your presence revives me, Rosemary. Hungary 
water is made with Rosemary : it refreshes the 
spirits and dispels dizziness and fainting. 
Your qualities surpass your charms, Mignonette. 
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Youth, White Lilac. From the purity of colour 
and the short duration of its beautiful clusters of 
blossom, White Lilac is the emblem of youth, of 
that fleeting and inestimable blessing which all 
the treasures of the world cannot redeem. 
