THE LANGUA GE OF EL0 WEES. 2 1 
Amaranth (Cockscomb) ... Foppery. Affectation. 
Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter 
My sober house.— Shakespeare. 
Amaryllis ... Pride. Timidity. Splendid beauty. 
He pays himself with being Shakespeare. 
Ambrosia . Love returned. 
A good woman is man’s bliss, 
Where her love right and stedfast is.—i?. de Brunne. 
American Cowslip. Divine beauty. 
Happy the man, who, studying Nature’s laws. 
Through known effects, can trace the secret cause. 
Dryden. 
American Elm . Patriotism. 
Such is the patriot’s boast, where’er we roam. 
His first, best country, ever is at home.— Goldsmith. 
American Linden . Matrimony. 
Let me not to the marriage of true minds 
Admit impediments.— Shakespeare. 
American Starwort 
( Welcome to a stranger. 
\ Cheerfulness inoldage. 
Beneath thy broad impartial eye. 
How fade the lines of caste and birth.— J. G. Whittier. 
Amethyst. Admiration. 
Her air, her manners, all who saw admired. 
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired. 
Crabbe. 
Anemone (Zephyr Flower)... Sickness. Expectation. 
Will not his name be fondly murmured there?— Hemans. 
