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INDEX OF THE 
SINCERITY— Fern. See Legend of the “ Daisy of the 
Dale,” page 101. 
SNARE or DECEIT— Catchfly. This white flower may 
be found in almost every sandy field in June; and 
many a poor fly that is attracted to it by its odour, 
finds death amid its entangling leaves. 
SOLITUDE — Heath. See “Flowers of Thought,” 
page 78. 
SORROW— Yew. One of the oldest monuments that 
our ancestors erected above the dead. 
SYMPATHY— Thrift. A good old English name, which 
means more than can be expressed in half-a-dozen 
words, and ought never to he forgotten by young 
lovers; for thriftiness brings comfort, independence, 
and everything which, with love, makes life happy; 
and should misfortune come, it meets with more 
sympathy than idleness and extravagance. 
TASTE— Fuchsia. See Legend of the “Daisy of the 
Dale,” page 101. 
THOUGHT— Pansy. So called by Shakspeare, and put 
into the mouth of that “ Rose of May,” the fair 
Ophelia, who says,— 
“ There’s Pansies, that’s for thoughts.” 
See Legend of “ Flowers of Thought,” page 74. 
TIME — White Poplar. The ancients traced in it a re¬ 
semblance to Time, because its leaves are dark on 
one side and bright on the other; and for this they 
selected it as the emblem of day and night. 
TIMIDITY— Sensitive Plant. A flower so delicate that 
it shrinks from the touch, and shuns even the strong 
light of day, only expanding in its full beauty to¬ 
wards the cool of the evening. There are two or 
three varieties of this flower; one of which bears 
full, round, pink blossoms, auother white, and a 
