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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
It is a common saying with us that Truth 
conceals herself at the bottom of a well, and 
that she always mingles some bitterness with 
her blessings : and we have given for her 
emblem a useless plant that, like her, delights 
in shade, and is always green. The bitter¬ 
sweet Nightshade is, I believe, the only plant 
in this country that loses and reproduces its 
leaves twice a year. 
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Uselessness, Meadow-Sweet. This plant is con¬ 
sidered as an emblem of uselessness, because 
doctors have not discovered any medicinal 
virtues in it, and animals refuse to eat it. 
Utility, Grass. Grasses are the most common, 
but perhaps the most useful, family of the 
vegetable kingdom. 
War, Achillea millefolia. This plant heals all 
wounds made with iron. It is said to have 
been used by the hero whose name it bears 
to heal the wounds of Telephus. 
Warmth of feeling, Peppermint. Minthes 
was surprised by Proserpine in the company 
