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INDEX OF THE 
FALSEHOOD— Deadly Nightshade. The fruit of which 
produces poison and death, and cannot he pointed out 
too soon to the innocent and unwary, that they may be 
prevented from gathering it. 
FIDELITY IN MISFORTUNE— Wallflower. A beau¬ 
tiful emblem. See Legend of the “Flower-Spirits, 
page 124. 
FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE— Lilac. Its fragrance, 
and the fresh and healthy look of its blossoms, which 
are among the first to unfold in the spring, are well 
chosen as the representatives of early love. 
FORESIGHT— Dandelion. The schoolboy’s clock and 
oracle in every village : for who, when young, has not 
blown its tufted down away, and at every breath sent 
a wish after the feathered seeds of the Dandelion? 
FORGET ME NOT— Forget -me-Not. Nothing can be 
more expressive than its name. See page 47, and 
Poem, page 55. 
FORSAKEN— Primrose. We have selected the Primrose 
in honor of Milton, who says, “ And the rathe Prim¬ 
rose that forsaken dies and for the sake of the Bard 
of Paradise such a meaning ought it ever to bear, in¬ 
stead of the Anemone. 
FRIENDSHIP— Ivy. Denotes something true and last¬ 
ing, and not to be changed by the beating of the wintry 
winds. It is a much better emblem of Friendship than 
the Acacia, which some have chosen. 
