PELARGONIUM ( Geraniacetr) 
Melancholy. 
I go mourning all the day long. 
Psalms xxxviii. 6. 
PENNYROYAL 
{Mentha Pulegium) 
Flee away. 
My days are swifter than a post : 
they flee away, they see no good. 
They are passed away as the swift 
ships: as the eagle that hasteth 
to the prey. Job ix. 25, 26. 
PEONY (. Poeonia) 
Shame. 
Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling- 
stone and rock of offence : and 
whosoever believeth on Him shall 
not be ashamed. Romans ix. 33. 
PEPPER-MINT see Mint 
PERIWINKLE (Vinca) 
Early friendship. 
I love them that love Me : and 
those that seek Me early shall find 
Me. Proverbs viii. 17. 
PERSICARY 
{Polygonum Persicaria) 
Restoration. 
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth 
me in the paths of righteousness for 
His name’s sake. Psalms xxiii. 3. 
PETUNIA (Petunia) 
Keep your promise. 
There hath not failed one word of 
all His good promise, j Kings viii. 56. 
PHEASANT’S EYE 
(Adonis cestivalis) 
Reflection. 
When I remember Thee upon my 
bed, and meditate on Thee in the 
night watches. Because Thou hast 
been my help, therefore in the 
shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice. 
Psalms lxiii. 6, 7. 
PHLOX (Phlox Druvtmondi) 
Unanimity. 
If two of you shall agree on earth 
as touching anything that they shall 
ask, it shall be done for them of My 
Father which is in heaven. 
St. Matthew xviii. 19. 
PIM PERNE L (Anagallis arveusis) 
Mizpah; Be watchful. 
The Lord watch between me 
and thee, when we are absent one 
from another. Genesis xxxi. 49. 
PINE (P'nns) 
Pity. 
Shouldest not thou also have had 
compassion on thy fellowservant, 
even as I had pity on thee ? 
St. Matthew xviii. 33. 
Fie that hath pity upon the poor 
lendeth unto the Lord. 
Proverbs xix. 17. 
PINK (Dianthus pluntarius) 
Boldness 
We have not an high priest which 
cannot be touched with the feeling 
of our infirmities; but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet 
without sin. Let us therefore come 
boldly unto the throne of grace. 
Hebrews iv. 15, 16. 
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