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INDEX OF THE 
GLORY— Laurel. Was vised by the ancients to crown 
those heroes who returned from the wars victorious. 
Chaucer, our oldest English poet, says,— 
“ He rode home crown’d with laurel, like a conqueror.” 
GRATITUDE — Agrimony. A sweet, lowly plant, adorned 
with small, beautiful, golden-coloured flowers, that 
up-cone like a pile of stars. It is greatly valued by 
the herb-gatherers in the country, and considered 
by many to make much better tea than half the 
rubbish which is sold under that name. 
GRIEF or PAIN— Marigold. Often alluded to by our 
ancient poets, as bowing its head and mourning for 
the absence of the sun. 
HAPPY RETIREMENT— Wild Harebell. See “Daisy 
of the Dale,” page 100. 
HOPE — Hawthorn. See Legend of the “Queen of 
May,”page 116, and Poem of “How May was first 
made,” page 129. 
HOSPITALITY— Oak. In former days the ancients 
were wont to entertain their guests beneath a tree. 
Under the oak of Mamre, Abraham welcomed the 
angels. 
HUMILITY — Broom. See Legend of “ Old Saxon 
Flowers,” pages 50, 51. 
ILL-NATURE— Crab blossom. “ As sour as a crab,” has 
long been an old English saying — hence its signifi¬ 
cation. 
IMMORTALITY— Amaranth. One of the flowers which 
was fabled to grow in the gardens of the gods. 
Milton mentions it amongst those which blow in 
heaven, and makes the angels in their adoration 
cast down 
“ Their crowns inwove with amaranth and gold: 
Immortal amaranth,—a flower which once 
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life. 
Began to bloom,—but soon, for man’s offence, 
To heaven removed.” 
