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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
means which relieve their ailments enable them 
to cast a spell on their cattle and on the hearts 
of their daughters. They insist that this power 
is given to them by Vervain, especially when 
the damsels are young and handsome. 
Thus Vervain is still the plant of spells and 
enchantments, as it was among the ancients. 
