LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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guage, because the sages and philosophers of old 
were held in high esteem for their gravity and 
wisdom. 
EVERLASTING PLEASURE— Sweet Pea. See Legend 
of “ Cupid and Psyche,” page 133. 
FALSEHOOD— Deadly Nightshade. The fruit of which 
produces poison and death, and cannot be pointed 
out too soon to the innocent and unwary, that they 
may be prevented from gathering it. 
FIDELITY IN MISFORTUNE — Wallflower. A. 
beautiful emblem. See “ Legend of the Flower- 
Spirits,” pages 108, 109. 
FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE— Lilac. Its fragrance 
and the fresh and healthy look of its blossoms, which 
are amongst the first to unfold in the spring, are 
well chosen as the representatives of early love. 
FORESIGHT— Dandelion. The schoolboy’s clock and 
oracle in every village: for who, when young, has 
not blown its tufted down away, and at every breath 
sent a wish after the feathered seeds of the Dande¬ 
lion ? 
FORGET-ME-NOT— Forget me not. Nothing can be 
more expressive than its name. See page 10, and 
Poem, page 24. 
FORSAKEN— Primrose. We have selected the Primrose 
in honour of Milton, who says, “And the rathe 
Primrose that forsaken dies;” and for the sake of 
the Bard of Paradise such a meaning ought it ever 
to bear, instead of the Anemone. 
FRIENDSHIP — Ivy. Denotes something true and 
lasting, and not to be changed by the beating of the 
wintry winds. It is a much better emblem of 
Friendship than the Acacia, which some have 
chosen, and as such is used by our early poets* 
