182 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Amaryllis. — A. formosissima. — Splendid beauty. 
With looks too bright and beautiful for such a world 
as this. 
Anemone. — Yfildflower. — Expectation. 
For him she breathes the silent sigh forlorn, 
Each setting day, for him each rising morn. 
Darwin. 
Adonis. — Pheasant’s eye. — Sorrowful remembrances. 
Regretted raptures, long remembered woes —Regers. 
American Star Wort.— Aster tradescanti.— Cheerful- 
ness in old age. 
I’ve lived to know my share of joy. 
And sing the good old times. 
Arkansas Coreopsis. — Coreopsis tinctoria. — I would 
rather not answer. 
If you oblige me suddenly to choose, 
My choice is made ; for I must you refuse.— Dry den. 
Arbor ViTiEA. — Thuja occidentals. — Live for me. 
I live in pleasure when I live to thee. — Doddridge. 
Auricala. — Primula. — Avarice. 
Nor love his peace of mind destroys; 
Nor wicked avarice of wealth. — Dryden. 
Althea. — Consumed by Love. 
My heart’s on flame, and dies like fire, 
* * * To her aspire. — Cowley. 
Amaranth, globe. — A. globossa. — Unchangeable. 
Unalterably firm, his love entire. — Milton. 
Amaranth. — Amaranthus. — Immortality. 
His love was an eternal plant, whereof the root was 
fixed in virtue’s ground. — Sheiks. 
