THE NIGHTSHADE 
Botanical Name, Solanum nigrum. —Class, Pentandria. 
—Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white, with yellow 
anthers .—Native -place, Britain. 
-Sentiment. 
TBUTH. 
OBIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
Truth, the ancients affirmed, resided in a 
well; she was of divine origin, and in dis¬ 
pensing her blessings always mixed them with 
more or less bitterness. A plant that, like 
her, delighted in shade, and was always 
green and unchangeable, was given to her 
as an emblem ; and this was the Nightshade. 
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