POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
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on sylvan subjects assign that ghastly associa¬ 
tion to the elder. 
'Ihe blossoms of the European variety of this 
tree are of a very beautiful bright purple, and 
come out in spring in large clusters on every 
side of the branches, and often of the stem, and 
are in full blow before the leaves have attained 
half their size. The American Judas-tree is 
called ‘‘red-bud tree.” 
On account of the beauty of its flowers, the 
Spaniards call this plant “the tree of love,” and 
certainly that designation accords well with the 
exquisitely pathetic legend of “ The Wayside 
Inn,” with which the late Adelaide Proctor, 
Barry Cornwall’s gifted daughter, has enwoven it. 
JUNIPER. 
PROTECTION. 
This plant became the emblem of protection , 
from the circumstance of the prophet Elijah 
having been sheltered from the persecutions of 
King Ahab by a juniper of the mountains. 
Says the Psalmist, “ Thou hast been a shelter 
for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.” 
The Italian name for the juniper is Ginebro, 
which Ariosto, by the license usually permitted 
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