LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Animosity, St. John’s Wort. 
“ Hypericum beneath each sheltering’ bush 
Its healing virtue modestly conceals.” 
Dodsley. 
Artifice, Clematis. 
To excite commiseration, beggars 'sometimes produce on 
themselves, by applying the juice of the clematis, factitious 
sores. This infamous artifice sometimes results in real ulcers. 
Arts, Acanthus. See p. 25. 
Asylum, Aid, Juniper. See p. 87. 
Audacity, Larch. 
Austerity, Thistle. 
Beauty ever new, Monthly Rose. 
Be my support, Black Bryony. 
Beloved daughter, Cinquefoil. 
Beneficence, Marshmallow . See p. 51, 
