TRAVELLER’S JOY 
see Wild Clematis 
TREE OF LIFE ( Thuja) 
Live for me. 
For to me to live is Christ, and to 
die is gain. Phu.ippians i. 21. 
He died for all, that they which 
live should not henceforth live unto 
themselves, but unto Him which 
died for them, and rose again. 
2 Corinthians v. 15. 
bird’s-foot 
TREFOIL (Lotus cornrculatus) 
Revenge. 
To Me belongeth vengeance, and 
recompence. 
Deuteronomy xxxii. 35. 
Whosoever shall smite thee on 
thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also. St. Matthew v. 39. 
1 UBEROSE ( Polianthes tuberosa) 
Dangerous. 
Look .not thou upon the wine 
when it is red, when it giveth his 
colour in the cup, when it moveth 
itself aright. At the last it biteth 
like a serpent, and stingeth like an 
adder. Proverbs xxiii. 31, 32. 
I ULIP (Tulipa gesmriana) 
Fame. 
I will raise up for them a plant of 
renown, and they shall be no more 
consumed with hunger in the land, 
neither bear the shame of the 
heathen any more. 
Ezekiel xxxiv. 29. 
VALERIAN (Valeriana officinalis') 
Activity. 
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; 
consider her ways, and be wise: 
which having no guide, overseer, or 
ruler, provideth her meat in the 
summer, and gathereth her food in 
the harvest. Proverbs vi. 6 -8. 
VENUS’S MIRROR 
(Specularia speculum) 
Flattery. 
Meddle not with him that flatter - 
eth with his lips. Proverbs xx. 19. 
VERBENA (Verbena officinalis) 
Unite against a common foe. 
All ye are brethren. 
St. Matthew xxiii. 8. 
Ye shall not . . . fight against 
your brethren. 2 Chronicles xi. 4. 
SCENTED 
VERBENA (Aloysia citriodora) 
Family union. 
Behold, how good and how 
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell 
together in unity! 
Psalms cxxxiii. 1. 
"V ERONICA ( Veronica speciosa) 
Fidelity. 
He that is faithful in that which 
is least is faithful also in much : and 
he that is unjust in the least is 
unjust also in much. 
St. Luke xvi. 16. 
VERVAIN see Verbena 
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