LAURUSTINUS 
(Viburnum Tinus) 
A token. 
Shew me a token for good. 
Psalms Ixxxvi. 17. 
We walk by faith, not by sight. 
2 Corinthians v. 7. 
LAVENDER (Lavandula vera) 
Distrust. 
Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul? and why art thou disquieted 
within me ? hope thou in God. 
Psalms xlii. n. 
LICHEN (cup-moss) 
(Cenomyce Pyxidata ) 
Dejection. 
P'rom the end of the earth will 
I cry unto Thee, when my heart is 
overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock 
that is higher than I. 
Psalms lxi. 2. 
LILAC ( Syringa vulgaris) 
Youthful innocence. 
Take heed that ye despise not one 
of these little ones; for I say unto 
you, That in heaven their angels do 
always behold the face of My P'ather 
which is in heaven. 
St. Matthew xviii. 10. 
GROUND 
LILAC ( Muscari monstrosum) 
Lowliness. 
Though the Lord be high, yet 
hath He respect unto the lowly. 
Psalms cxxxviii. 6. 
WHITE 
LILY {L ilium candidum) 
Purity. 
Unto the pure all things are pure. 
Titus i. 15. 
TRUMPET 
LILY ( Richardia SEthiopica) 
Magnificent beauty. 
Awake, awake; put on thy 
strength, O Zion; put on thy 
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, 
the holy city. Isaiah Hi. 1. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY 
(Convallaria majalis) 
Unconscious sweetness. 
I am . . the Lily of the 
Valleys. Canticles ii. 1. 
Consider the lilies of the field, how 
they grow; they toil not, neither do 
they spin : and yet I say unto you, 
That even Solomon in all his glory 
was not arrayed like one of these. 
St. Matthew vi. 28, 29. 
WATER 
LILY (Nymphtza) 
Heart-purity. 
Blessed are the pure in heart: for 
they shall see God. 
St. Matthew v. 8. 
LIME or LINDEN 
(Tilia Europeea) 
Wedded love. 
Ye wives, be in subjection to your 
own husbands . . . Likewise, ye 
husbands, dwell with them accord¬ 
ing to knowledge ... as being 
heirs together of the grace of life. 
1 Peter iii. 1-7. 
LIVERWORT 
(Marchantia polymorpha ) 
Reliance. 
This is the confidence that we 
have in Him, that, if we ask any¬ 
thing according to His will, He 
heareth us. 1 John v. 14. 
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