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The melancholy signification of the Marigold 
may be modified in a thousand ways. Combined 
with roses, the symbol expresses the bitter 
sweets and pleasant pains of love. Alone, it 
expresses grief; interwoven with other flowers, 
the varying events of life, the “ mingled yarn 
of good and ill together.” In the East, a bou- 
quet of Marigolds and poppies expresses this 
thought — “I will allay your pain.” It is 
more especially by such modifications that the 
Language of Flowers becomes the interpreta- 
tion of our thoughts. Marguerite of Orleans, 
the maternal grandmother of Henry IV., chose 
for her armorial device a Marigold turning to- 
wards the sun, and for motto, “Je ne veur 
suivre que lui seul.” By this device the virtuous 
princess conveyed the idea that all her thoughts 
and affections turned towards heaven, as the 
Marigold towards the sun. 
One of our older poets thus moralizes over 
this flower :— 
When, with a serious musing, I behold 
The grateful and obsequious Marigold, 
How duly, every morning, she displays 
Her open breast when Phoebus spreads his rays ; 

























