TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS 
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Dodder. 
Meanness, 
The parasite Cascula liveth not 
By nourishment that its own root supplies. 
But meanly clinging to another, 
/ihsorbs its vitaliuicc. 
Swallow Wort 
Medicine, 
Old Esculapius found thy virtues out 
Though modern doctors hold them much in doubt. 
Birch Tree. 
Meekness, 
The Birch, the meekest tree of all the wood, 
Standing amid the sylvan sisterhood, 
With drooping tresses, full of modest grace. 
As gentle maiden, with a downcast face. 
Faded Leaves. 
Melancholy, 
With a heart attuned to melancholy, 
Away from the world and its noise and folly, 
] walked awhile, then musing stood 
Amid the sere leaves in the wintry wood. 
Syrmga 
Memory, 
Upon the sense thine odour dwells, 
And oft revives at memory’s call; 
As streams of music, heard long since 
Seem on the listening ear to tali. 
