LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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completed the parallel, in the eyes of the simple and pious 
fathers. 
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Falsehood, Bugloss. See p. 26. 
Falseness, Manchineel Tree. 
Its fruit looks very good, and, by its agreeable odor, invites 
one to taste; but its soft, spongy flesh contains a milky, per¬ 
fidious juice, which is at first insipid, but soon becomes so 
caustic as to burn the lips, the palate, and the tongue. Trav¬ 
ellers say that the best remedy against a poison so violent, 
is the water of the sea, on whose shores this tree always 
grows. 
False Riches, Sunflower. See p. 63. 
Fecundity, Hollyhock. 
The Chinese represent Nature crowned with these flowers. 
The hollyhock was brought from Syria, in the time of the 
crusades. 
Festivity, Parsley. See p. 75. 
Fidelity, Speedwell, or Veronica. 
One of the loveliest flowers in all the realm of nature. 
Tennyson does not forget 
“ The little speedwell’s darling blue.” 
And Dupont, in his charming piece, La V&ronique, says that 
it is a dewdrop tinged by reflected light, which Aurora has 
transformed to a flower. He goes on to say, 
“ O fleur insaisissable et pure, 
Saphir dont nul ne sait le prix, 
Melez-vous a la chevelure 
De celle dont je suis epris; 
