INDEX 
or THE 
POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
ABSENCE — Wormwood. Its derivation signifies, with¬ 
out sweetness; and so far may Absence be put down 
as the bitterness of Love. 
ACCOMMODATING DISPOSITION — Red Valerian. 
Will grow on old walls, ruins, or almost anywhere; 
hence its floral signification. 
AFFECTIONATE BEMEMBRANCE— Rosemary. 
“That’s for Remembrance: I pray you, love, re¬ 
member says the sweet Ophelia, And who would 
wish to change the emblem of a flower which Shak- 
speare has made immortal ? 
AFTER-THOUGHT— Michaelmas Daisy. Which blows 
when the flowers of summer have faded: coming 
unaware, like a pleasant thought. 
AMIABILITY— White Jasmine. Its sweetness, and 
beauty, and star-like flowers, bear about them a 
resemblance to an amiable lady. Gilbert White 
saw this in the drooping form of the silver-stemmed 
Birch, when he called it the “ Lady of the Wood.” 
He would have added “Amiable,” had it been starred ' 
with beautiful flowers like the Jasmine. 
ANGER— Gorse, Furze, or Whin. A pretty, though 
formidable plant, armed up to the very gold of the 
flowers, and piercing those who approach not its 
beauty carefully. 
ARTS— Acanthus. Worthily placed in honour of Calli¬ 
machus, who is said to have formed from its beauty 
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