POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 195 
and a crown, although it requires a great effort of the 
imagination to call up either the one or the other. 
Still its very name, in some measure, renders it sacred 
to Faith and Belief. 
CANDOR —While Violet. See Legend of the “Flower- 
Spirits,” pages 126, 127. 
CHASTITY —Orange Blossom. These flowers are com¬ 
monly worn now by the young bride ; though we know 
not why the Orange Blossom was selected as the em¬ 
blem of Chastity, The custom of wearing it at wed¬ 
dings, we believe, first originated in France. 
CONFESSION— Moss-rosebud. A beautiful and poetical 
representation of the first confession of love, and so 
alluded to by our old poets; Rosebuds having for ages 
been emblems of youthful love. 
CONSOLATION— Poppy. Denotes sleep, rest, repose; 
all of which are well represented in its drowsy proper¬ 
ties and influence. 
CONSTANCY— Canterbury-bell. Which we have already 
described. See “ Old Saxon Flowers,” page 69. 
COQUETRY —Yellow Day-Lily. Calied by the French 
“ the Beauty of a Day ;” who reigning, as she generally 
does, over so many admirers, coquettes with all with¬ 
out loving one. 
CRUELTY —Stinging Nettle. Wounds the hand that 
presses it ever so gently. However dull the compre¬ 
hension of a lover might be, he could not well fail to 
understand the meaning of this plant. 
