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raine, having been taken prisoner at the battle 
of Toulongeon, painted, with his own hand, 
a sprig of Moonwort, and sent it to his vassals, 
to reproach them for their dilatoriness in ef¬ 
fecting his deliverance. 
Forget-me-not, Scorpion Grass. Page 183. 
Forsaken, Anemone. Anemone was a nymph, 
beloved by Zephyr. Flora, jealous of her, 
banished her from her court, and transformed 
her into a flower, that blows before the re¬ 
turn of spring. Zephyr has abandoned this 
unhappy beauty to the rude caresses of Bo¬ 
reas, who, unable to gain her love, harshly 
shakes her, half opens her blossoms, and causes 
her immediately to fade. An Anemone, with 
these words, Brevis est usus —“ Her reign 
is short”—is admirably expressive of the tran¬ 
sitory nature of beauty. 
Friendship, Acacia. Page 157. 
-Ivy. Page 236. 
Frivolity, London Pride. Though Nature has 
not painted any flower with more delicacy 
than the spotted petals of this plant, whence 
it received the name of None-so-pretty : still 
it is considered as the emblem of a light and 
