58 FABLES OF FLOKA. 
1 It is thy name ; then doubt no more 
The tale I’ve told so oft before; 
Whate’er her seeming scorn may be, 
In her deep heart she loves but thee.’ 
THE CLEMATIS. 
The New England Clematis has white, starry 
flowers, opening in clusters, and very beautiful. 
After the petals have fallen, the stamens assume 
feathery ornaments that are exceedingly showy 
and elegant. It grows much by streams, and in 
moist places, forming beautiful arbors, by twining 
itself luxuriantly over every shrub that grows 
within its reach. 
.The Clematis is the emblem of mental beauty. 
It bears the pretty names of Traveller’s Joy, 
Virgin’s Bower, and Bride’s Wreath. In France, 
it is called the Vine of the Poor — a name at once 
tender and appropriate. 
Barry Cornwall speaks of the 
1 Boundless Clematis, between 
Whose wilderness of leaves white roses peeped ’; 
and Keats, of 
1 Virgin's Bower, trailing airily, 
With others of the sisterhood.’ , 
