LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Come, funeral flower, who lov’st to dwell 
With the pale corse in lonely tomb, 
And throw’st across the desert gloom 
A sweet decaying smell,— 
Come, press my lips, and lie with me 
Beneath the lowly alder tree; 
And we will sleep a pleasant sleep, 
And not a care shall dare intrude 
To break the marble solitude, 
So peaceful and so deep,” 
Remorse, Raspberry. 
Rendezvous, Pimpernel. 
Its punctuality in opening and closing makes it a fit emblem 
for an appointment. 
Repose, Buckbean. See p. 21. 
Reserve, Maple. 
The maple has been made the emblem of reserve, because 
its flowers are slow to open, and very long in falling. 
Resistance, Tremella Nostoc, or Nostoc Commune. 
Nothing positive is known about this gelatinous plant, which 
seems a link between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. 
It was celebrated among the alchemists, who thought it an 
emanation from the stars, and used it in searching after the 
philosopher’s stone and the universal panacea. 
Retirement, Harebell. 
The Lady of the Lake says, as she plucks a harebell,— 
“ This little flower, that loves the lea, 
May well my simple emblem be; 
It drinks heaven’s dew as blithe as rose 
That in the king’s own garden grows; 
And when I place it in my hair, 
Allan, a bard is bound to swear 
He ne’er saw coronet so fair.” 
