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this in the drooping form of the silver-stemmed Birch, 
when he called it the “ Lady of the Wood.” He would 
have added “ Amiable,” had it been starred with beau¬ 
tiful flowers like the Jasmine. 
ANGER— Gorze, Furze, or Whin, A pretty, though 
formidable plant, armed up to the very gold of the 
flowers, and piercing those who approach not its beauty 
carefully* 
ARTS— Acanthus. Worthily placed in honor of Callim¬ 
achus, who is said to have formed from its beauty 
the capital of the Corinthian column, as he saw it 
growing over the grave of a young maiden. 
ASSIGNATION— Pimpernel. Its regularity in opening 
and shutting is well selected as denoting an appoint¬ 
ment between lovers, who are supposed to trust more 
to the bright sunshine and sweet flowers, and the feel¬ 
ings of their own hearts, than the measured minutes 
of Time. It also denotes change in the weather, as 
the flowers always close before rain. By country peo¬ 
ple it is called the Shepherd’s Weather-glass. 
BASHFULNESS —The Maiden's-Blush Rose. One of 
the most beautiful and delicate of all the queenly class 
of roses. 
BEAUTY— The Rose. Its very name is beautiful: and 
more than two thousand years ago it was worshiped 
by the poets, and called the Queen of Flowers. 
BELIEF —Passion Flower. Has become strangely woven 
with our faith, from a fancied resemblance to a cross 
