





288 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 
springs up very soon after it is sown, and eis 
blossoms within ten weeks. As the flowers mats, 
are but short-lived, if you would enjoy them ante 
for any length of time, you ought to keep sow- idles 
ing them from March till August. Nothing sich d 
can be more delightful than the red, white, tem th 
and purple tints of these flowers, which give detes 
out a most fragrant smell. ale ds 
Prosperity, Beech. The Beech may be con- tt th 
sidered as the rival of the oak for beauty of wld 
form and the utility of its wood. It grows in ho 
any situation, and shoots up with such rapi- is he 
dity that it is common to say you may see it he 
as : n cond tie 
PROTECTION, Juniper. Page 252. hs 
Purrry, Star of Bethlehem. Nothing can be ve 
more pure and pleasing than the appearance bythe 
of this lovely plant, which throws up in the ba 
month of June a long bunch of star-like pin 
flowers, as white as milk. pect 
Which 
Rarity, Mandrake, The ancients attributed sal 
extraordinary virtues to the Mandragora, or hoo 
Mandrake, but, as they have not left any accu- ae 
rate description of this plant, we know not the en 
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