LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Foresight, Holly. See p. 82. 
Forgetfulness, Satin Flower, or Honesty 
Rene, Duke of Bar and Lorraine, having been taken pris¬ 
oner at the battle of Thoulongeau, painted with his own hand 
a branch of this plant, and sent it to his people to reproach 
them for their tardiness in delivering him from captivity. 
It seems to have been used in magical incantations, for we 
find in Drayton, — 
“ Enchanting Lunarie here lies, 
In sorceries excelling.” 
And in Lalla Rookh, Namouna puts in the chaplet of 
Nourmahal 
“ the white moon-flower, as it shows, 
On Serendib's high crags, to those 
Who near the isle at evening sail.” 
Forget me not, Forget-me-not. See p. 60. 
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Forgiveness of injuries, Cinnamon Tree. 
“ The dream of the injured, patient mind, 
That smiles with the wrongs of men, 
Is found in the bruised and wounded rind 
Of the cinnamon, sweetest then.” 
Moore. 
The cassia of commerce must not he confounded with the 
cassia which bears a beautiful yellow flower in our green¬ 
houses. 
Forsaken, Common Willow. 
Fragility, Fuchsia. 
Frankness, Osier. 
Fraternal love, Syringa. 
A king of Egypt, one of the Ptolemys, was celebrated fitr 
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