INDEX 
OF THE 
POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
ABSENCE— Wormwood. Its derivation signifies, without 
sweetness ; and so far may Absence be put down as 
the bitterness of Love. 
ACCOMMODATING DISPOSITION —Red Valerian. 
Will grow on old walls, ruins, or almost anywhere ; 
hence its floral signification. 
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE — Rosemary. 
“ That’s for Remembrance: I pray you, love, remem¬ 
ber says the sweet Ophelia. And who would wish 
to change the emblem of a flower which Shakspeare 
has made immortal ? 
AFTER-THOUGHT —Michaelmas Daisy. Which blows 
when the flowers of summer have faded : coming un¬ 
aware, like a pleasant thought. 
AMIABILITY — White Jasmine. Its sweetness, and 
beauty, and star-like flowers, bear about them a re¬ 
semblance to an amiable lady. Gilbert White saw 
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