POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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INSINUATION — Bindweed , or Larger Convolvulus. 
Which forces its way through every open space it can 
find between the branches, until you can scarcely dis¬ 
cover another leaf beside its own, so closely are its 
long, trailing stems twisted along the boughs it has 
insinuated itself among. 
LASTING- BEAUTY— Stock, or Gillyflower, for the latter 
is the old name of this truly English flower, which our 
ancestors also called July flower. It flourished in the 
gardens of the old baronial castles hundreds of years 
ago, and time and cultivation have rather added to, 
•than diminished its oeauty : and it is, therefore, well 
deserving of the appellation of Lasting Beauty. 
LOVE— Myrtle. See Legend of the “ Forget-me-Not,” 
page 53. 
LOVE’S CAPTIVE— Peach-blossom. Every one who has 
beheld the rich bloom of the Peach must have been 
captivated by its beauty, whether seen on the velvet 
cheek of the fruit, or the delicate hue of its blossoms. 
MATERNAL LOVE— -Moss. The soft, green, velvet 
covering of many a spot which would otherwise be 
brown and barren; it grows around and shelters the 
stem of many a delicate flower, which would otherwise 
perish, and gives warmth to many a chilly nook ; and 
so may fancy stretch, link by link, until it traces in it 
a resemblance to Maternal Love. 
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