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INDEX OF THE 
SINCERITY— Fern. See Legend of the “ Daisy of the 
Dale,” page 101. 
SNARE or DECEIT— Catchjly. This white flower may 
he found in almost every sandy field in June; and 
many a poor fly that is attracted to it by its odour, 
finds death amid its entangling leaves. 
SOLITUDE — Ileath. See “Flowers of Thought,” 
page 78. 
SORROW — Yew. One of the oldest monuments that 
our ancestors erected above the dead. 
SYMPATHY— Thrift. A good old English name, which 
means more than can be expressed in half-a-dozen 
words, and ought never to be forgotten by young 
lovers; for thriftiness brings comfort, independence, 
and everything which, with love, makes life happy; 
and should misfortune come, it meets with more 
sympathy than idleness and extravagance. 
TASTE — Fuchsia. See Legend of the “Daisy of the 
Dale,” page 101. 
THOUGHT— Pansy. So called by Shakspere, and put 
into the mouth of that “ Rose of May,” the fair 
Ophelia, who says,— 
“There’s Pansies, that’s for thoughts ” 
See Legend of “ Flowers of Thought,” page 74. 
TIME— White Poplar. The ancients traced in it a re¬ 
semblance to Time because its leaves are dark on 
one side and bright on the other ; and for this they 
selected it as the emblem of day and night. 
TIMIDITY — Sensitive Plant. A flower so delicate that 
it shrinks from the touch, and shuns even the strong 
light of day, only expanding in its full beauty to¬ 
wards the cool of the evening. There are two or 
three varieties of this flower; one of which hears 
full, round, pink blossoms, another white, and a 
