SUN-FLOWER 
(/del ian thus annuus) 
Devotion. 
In the morning will I direct my 
prayer unto Thee, and will look up. 
Psalms v. 3. 
Evening, and morning, and at 
noon, will I pray. Psalms lv. 17. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
( Dianthus barbatus) 
Manliness. 
Be of good courage, and let us 
play the men. 2 Samuel x. 12. 
SYCAMORE 
(Acer pseudo-platanus) 
Desire for information. 
I gave my heart to seek and 
search out by wisdom concerning all 
things that are done under heaven : 
. . . and, behold, all is vanity 
and vexation of spirit. 
Ecclesiastes i. 13, 14. 
SYRINGA 
(Philadelphus coronarius ) 
Mind; Memory. 
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
or the golden bowl be broken, or 
the pitcher be broken at the foun¬ 
tain, or the wheel broken at the 
cistern. Then shall the dust return 
to the earth as it was : and the 
spirit shall return unto God who 
gave it. Ecclesiastes xii. 6, 7. 
TAMARISK (Tamarbc gallica) 
Crime. 
A man shall eat good by the fruit 
of his mouth : but the soul of the 
transgressors shall eat violence. 
Proverbs xiii. 2. 
TANSY ( Tanacctum vulgar?) 
I declare war. 
There is no peace, saith the Lord, 
unto the wicked. Isaiah xlviii. 22. 
The face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil, to cut off the 
remembrance of them from the earth. 
Psalms xxxiv. 16. 
TEASEL (Dipsacus silvestris) 
Misfortune. 
Who is he that will harm you, if 
ye be followers of that which is 
good ? But and if ye suffer for right¬ 
eousness’ sake, happy are ye. 
1 Peter iii. 13, 14. 
COMMON 
THISTLE (Carduus nutans) 
Austerity. 
Out of thine own mouth will I 
judge thee, thou wicked servant. 
Thou knewest that I was an austere 
man . . . And he said unto 
them that stood by, Take from him 
the pound, and give it to him that 
hath ten pounds. 
St. Luke xix. 22, 24. 
SCOTTISH 
THISTLE (Onopordon acanthium) 
Retaliation. 
Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, 
saith the Lord. Romans xii. 19. 
THORNS 
Hardness. 
Thou therefore endure hardness, 
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
2 Timothy ii. 3. 
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