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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 effecting his deliverance. 
Forget-me-not, Scorpion Grass. Page 177. 
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 return 
of spring. Zephyr has abandoned this unhappy 
beauty to the rude caresses of Boreas, who, 
unable to gain her love, harshly shakes her, 
half opens her blossoms, and causes her im¬ 
mediately to fade. An Anemone, with these 
words, Brevis est nsus —“ Her reign is short” 
—is admirably expressive of the transitory 
nature of beauty. 
Friendship, Acacia. Page 151. 
-, Ivy. Page 230. 
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 
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