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Good fortune, Mugwort. See p. 47. 
Goodness, Snowball, or Guelder Rose. 
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Grace, Birch. 
Coleridge calls the birch the “ lady of the woods ; ” and 
Gerald Massey writes, — 
“ Lady of the forest 
Is the silver birk; 
Shimmering in the sunshine, 
Shivering at the mirk: 
* * * 
’Mid the dance of colors 
And semitones of green, 
Gleams this daintier spirit 
That in leafdom is the queen.” 
A wine made from the juice of the birch was once highly 
esteemed. The fragrant Russia leather used in bookbinding 
is prepared with the empyreumatic oil of the birch. 
Grandeur, Ash. 
The miraculous tree Ygdrasil of the Edda, with its top 
reaching to heaven and its roots to hell, was an ash. 
Gratitude, Camellia. Agrimony. 
The camellia japonica, as its name shows, comes to us 
from Japan, and is the ornament of every garden in that 
country and in China. It well repays careful cultivation. 
The name camellia is from George Camellus, a missionary, 
and author of a work on botany. 
Agrimony has a bitter and slightly aromatic taste. Cattle 
dislike it, but it is thought to have some useful medicinal 
qualities. 
Grief, Garden Marigold. See p. 56. 
