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vocated by a lady, any longer stand disgraced as the 
emblem of Uselessness, or will you not rather step 
forward and defend it as a Neglected Beauty, until 
some happier emblem is chosen 1 Just fancy one of 
your own sweet selves, for want of an advocate, so 
thrown back and insulted ! 
NEGLECTED LOVE— Laurustinus. See Legend of the 
“ Forget-me-Not,” page 54. 
PATIENCE— Dock. The haunter of every wayside, where 
it flourishes in spite of dust and every footstep that 
tramples it down. 
PEACE— Olive-branch. One of the oldest emblems on 
record. 
PENSIVENESS— Cowslip. Called by our old poets the 
Sweet Nun of the Fields, and immortalized in Shak- 
speare’s “ Midsummer Night’s Dream.” 
PERFECTION —Wild Strawberry. The beautiful flowers 
of which may often be seen trailing about the banks of 
our woodsides and hedgerows. • 
PITY— Andromeda. A beautiful flower, found by Linnaeus 
growing on a rock, and reminding him of the lovely 
nymph, whom Perseus rescued from the sea-monster. 
It is an appropriate emblem of Pity. 
POETRY— Eglantine , or Sweet Briar. I will not pause 
to inquire why, for Poetry is a thorny sweetness, and 
those who touch it must not mind a prick or two. 
Even if the world admire not its flowers, there is a 
