20 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Althaea Frutex (Syrian Mallow) ... Persuasio7i. 
Persuasion hung upon thy lip, 
And sly insinuation’s softer axis.—Blair. 
Alyssum (Sweet) . Worth beyond beauty. 
When we invite our best friends to a feast, 
’Tisnot all sweetmeats that weset before them.— Middleton. 
Amaranth (Globe)... Immortality. Unfading love. 
Sweet love, that seems not made to fade away ; 
Sweet death, that seems to make us loveless clay. 
Tennyson. 
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