THE 
VERBENA OR VERVAIN. 
Botanical Name, Verlena hastata. —Class, Didynamia. 
—Order, Angiospermia. — Floivers, blue, or lavender- 
coloured .—Native place, America and Europe. 
.Sentiment. 
SENSIBILITY. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The Verbena has been supplied with this 
sentiment from the delicacy of its fabric, its 
flower, and the ease with which its leaves arc 
injured by rough approximation. 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
Gentle as angels’ ministry 
The guiding hand of love should he, 
