196 INDEX OF THE 
DECEITFUL CIIARMS— Thorn Apple. A gorgeous 
shrub, scarcely equalled in beauty, although its per¬ 
fume is considered unhealthy; hence its meaning in 
floral language. 
DECLARATION OF LOVE— Tulip. So received ; 
though far inferior to the Rosebud as an emblem of 
the tender passion. 
DELICACY— Bluebottle. A beautiful flower that grows 
in the corn-fields, and is second to none in the delicacy 
of its coloring. 
DESERTION— Love-lies-Bleeding. Like the Forget-me- 
Not, conveys a meaning in its very name. 
DESIRE— Jonquil, or Poet's Narcissus. See Legend of 
the “ Queen of May,” page 140. 
DEVOTED AFFECTION —Honeysuckle or Woodbine. 
A beautiful adaptation of a sweet wild flower to a 
poetical sentence, and called by the French the “ Links 
of Love,” from its clinging to the object it adorns. 
See Legend of the “ Flower-Spirits,” page 124. 
DEVOTED ATTACHMENT— Heliotrope. See “Flow¬ 
ers of Thought,” page 100. 
DIFFICULTY— Blackthorn. Which is so armed with 
sharp and piercing thorns, that it is difficult to gather 
the blossoms without tearing the hand. 
DISAPPOINTED LOVE— Willow. Shakspeare made 
Othello’s maid, poor Barbara, go about the house hang¬ 
ing her head aside, and singing, “ Oh, willow, willow!” 
for he she loved proved false. 
