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AURICULA ( Primula, auricula) 
Avarice. 
The love of money is the root of 
all evil. \ Timothy vi. io. 
AZALEA ( A nthodendron ) 
Temperance. 
Giving all diligence, add to your 
faith virtue ; and to virtue know¬ 
ledge ; and to knowledge temper¬ 
ance. 2 Peter i. s> 6. 
APPLE BLOSSOM 
ASPHODEL ( Asphodelus albus) 
Sorrowful unto death. 
And the king was much moved, 
. . and wept: and . . said, . . 
Would God I had died for thee, O 
Absalom, my son, my son ! 
2 Samuel xviii. 33. 
CHINA 
ASTER (Callistcpkus chinensis) 
Variety. 
O Lord, how manifold are Thy 
works ! in wisdom hast Thou made 
them all: the earth is full of Thy 
riches. Psalms civ. 24. 
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