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and strives to stifle every thing that comes near 
it. 
Error, Bee Orchis. The flowers of this plant so 
nearly resemble a small humble-bee in shape and 
colour that they might easily be mistaken for that 
insect. 
Esteem, Sage. The common garden Sage has ever 
been held in great esteem by all domestic practi- 
tioners for its medical virtues. By the ancients it 
was supposed to possess the virtue of prolonging 
life : hence a line in one of their poets, which 
signifies : “ How can a man die in whose garden 
there grows Sage V’ 
Faith, Passion Flower. In the Passion Flower you 
find a representation of the crown of thorns, the 
scourge, the cross, the sponge, the nails, and the 
five wounds of Christ; whence its name. 
Falsehood, Bugloss. Page 82. 
___Manchineel-tree. The fruit of the Man- 
chineel-lree resembles an apple. This deceitful 
appearance, together with an agreeable smell, in¬ 
vites you to eat it: but its soft and spongy sub¬ 
stance contains a milky and perfidious juice, 
which at first appears insipid, but soon becomes 
