GARLAND OF 
ROSES 
Reward of virtue. 
There is no man that hath left 
house, or brethren, or sisters, or 
father, or mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands, for My sake andthegospel’s, 
but he shall receive an hundredfold 
now in this time, . . . with 
persecutions; and in the world to 
come eternal life. 
St. Mark x. 29, 30. 
ROSE-BAY 
(.Epilobium angustifolium) 
Danger. 
Though I walk in the midst of 
trouble, Thou wilt revive me : Thou 
shalt stretch forth Thine hand 
against the wrath of mine enemies, 
and Thy right hand shall save me. 
Psalms cxxxviii. 7. 
ROSEMARY 
(.Rosmarinus officinalis) 
Remembrance. 
And He took bread, and gave 
thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 
them saying, This is My body which 
is given for you : this do in remem¬ 
brance of Me. Luke xxii. 19. 
RO \\ AN see Mountain Ash 
RUE ( Ruta graveolens) 
Regret. 
Wash me throughly from mine 
iniquity, and cleanse me from my 
sin. For I acknowledge my trans¬ 
gressions : and my sin is ever before 
me. Psalms li. 2, 3. 
goat’s 
RU E (Galega officinalis) 
Reason 
I applied mine heart ... to 
seek out wisdom, and the reason of 
things . . . Lo, this only have 
I found, that God hath made man 
upright; but they have sought out 
many inventions. 
Ecclesiastes vii. 25, 29. 
RUSH \ (Juncus effiusus) 
Docility. 
Continue thou in the things 
which thou hast learned 
knowing of whom thou hast learned 
them ; and that from a child thou 
hast known the Holy Scriptures. 
2 Timothy iii. 14, 15. 
RYE ( Secale cereale) 
Changeable. 
My son, fear thou the Lord and 
the king: and meddle not with 
them that are given to change. 
Proverbs xxiv. 21. 
SAFFRON see Autumnal Crocus 
MEADOW 
SAFFRON ( Colchicum autnmnale) 
My best days are past. 
Oh that I were ... as I 
was in the days of my youth, . . . 
when the Almighty was yet with 
me. Job xxix. 2, 4, 5. 
SAGE ( Salvia officinalis) 
Worldly wisdom. 
Where is the disputer of this 
world? hath not God made foolish 
the wisdom of this world ? 
1 Corinthians i. 20. 
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