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CONSTANCY. 
CONSOLATION OF SLEEP. 
POPPY. 
Poppies which bind fast escaping sleep. 
i COLUMELLA. 
The poppy yields a narcotic juice in con¬ 
siderable quantity, which is frequently admi¬ 
nistered to procure sleep and relieve pain; on 
this account, it has been made the symbol of 
consolation. The ancients, who regarded 
sleep as the great physician, and the great 
consoler of human nature, crowned the god 
of sleep with a wreath of poppies. 
CONSTANCY. 
BLUE CANTERBURY BELL. 
This beautiful flower, from the richness 
of its colour, has been made the emblem of 
constancy. It is a very ornamental border- 
flower, and is of easy culture. The mode of 
procuring the plants is from seed, which 
ought to be sown in the spring, and when of 
a proper size, should be transplanted into 
another bed, and in the autumn it may be 
removed to the spot where it is intended to 
flower the succeeding year. 
