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wound inflicted by Hercules. There are two kinds of the 
peony. The herbaceous one is found native in Europe and 
Asia ; the shrubby one comes from China and Japan. 
Painful recollections, Flos Adonis. See p. 52. 
Patience, Patience. 
A kind of dock. 
Patriotism, Nasturtium. 
Peace, Olive. 
Neptune disputed with Minerva about naming the new city 
of Athens, and it was agreed that the one who gave the best 
gift to man should give the name. Neptune produced the 
horse, Minerva the olive tree, and she was victorious. 
An English author says of the olive tree, “It has been 
compared to a willow; it differs, however, very materially 
