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SORROW—Y ew. One of the oldest monuments that our 
ancestors erected above the dead. 
SYMPATHY— Thrift. A good old English name, which 
means more than can be expressed in half-a-dozen 
words, and ought never to be forgotten by young lovers; 
for thriftiness brings comfort, independence, and every¬ 
thing which, with love, makes life happy; and should 
misfortune come, it meets with more sympathy than 
idleness and extravagance. 
TASTE— Fuchsia. See Legend of the “ Daisy of the 
Dale,” page 117. 
THOUGHT — Pansy. See Legend of “Flowers of 
Thought,” page 93. 
TIME— White Poplar. The ancients traced in it a resem¬ 
blance to Time, because its leaves are dark on one side 
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and bright on the other ; and for this they selected it 
as the emblem of day and night. 
TIMIDITY— Sensitive Plant. A flower so delicate that it 
shrinks from the touch, and shuns even the strong 
light of day, only expanding in its full beauty toward 
the cool of the evening. There are two or three va¬ 
rieties of this flower; one of which bears full, round, 
pink blossoms, another white, and a third yellow. 
Shelley has immortalized the sensitive plant in one of 
his most beautiful poems. 
TIES OF LOVE— Tendrils of Climbing Plants. Called by 
the French, in floral language, “ The Chains of Love.” 
TRUTH— The Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell of Spring. The 
