THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Maple . Reserve. 
Where he might, free from trouble, pass his days 
In his own way, and pay his rent in praise.— Churchill. 
Marigold . 
To be perked up in a glistening grief. 
And wear a golden sorrow.— Shakespeare. 
Grief. 
Marigold, African. Vulgar minds- 
Above the vulgar flight of common souls.— Murphy. 
Marigold, French. yealousy. 
Love looks aloft, and laughs to scorn all such as griefs 
annoy, 
The more extreme their passions be, the greater is his 
joy.— W. Hunnis. 
Marigold, Prophetic . Prediction. 
Like Eden's dread probationary tree. 
Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.— Cowper. 
Marigold and Cypress. Despair. 
All her maidens, watching, said, 
“ She must weep, or she will die.”— Teunyson. 
Marjoram . Blushes. 
Oh ! my love’s a winsome lady. 
Sweeter face ne’er fed love on.— G. Massey. 
Marvel of Peru . Timidity. 
Groundless hope and anxious fear. 
By turns the busy moments share.— Merrick. 
Meadow Lychnis. Wit. 
Great wits are sure to madness near allied. 
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.— Dryden. 
