COURAGE. 69 
COQUETRY. 
YELLOW DAY LILY. 
Tue flowers of this plant speedily fade, sel- 
dom continuing two days in bloom; for this 
reason it has been assigned as the emblem of 
coquetry. As an equivalent for the transient 
duration of its flowers, it displays its beauty by 
a continual succession of blossom, and gives out 
for some time a very agreeable odour; and this 
the more powerfully when planted in shady or 
moist situations. 
COURAGE. 
BLACK POPLAR. 
The poplar is by great Alcides worn.— VIRGIL. 
Tuis tree is consecrated to Hercules, who, 
according to the fable of the ancients, wore a 
crown made of its foliage when he descended 
into the infernal regions. This fable accounts 
for the different shades which the leaf has on 
either side in the following manner. The leaves 
on the side next the head of Hercules preserved 
their natural colour, or, some say, received that 
dim and pallid hue from the moisture on his 
brow; while the other side, being exposed to 
the smoke and vapour of the dismal regions he 
was visiting, were tinged with a darker shade, 
which they still retain. 











