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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Parsley,
according
to
floral
language,
has
a
double
signification,
denoting
feasting
and
death.
On
festive
occasions
the
Greeks
wore
wreaths
of
parsley,
and
on
many
other
occasions
it
was
employed,
such
as
at
the
Isthmian
games.
On
the
other
hand,
this
plant
was
strewn
over
the
bodies
of
the
dead,
and
decked
their
graves.
"The
weeping
willow,"
as
Mr.
Ingram
remarks,
"is
one
of
those
natural
emblems
which
bear
their
florigraphical
meaning
so
palpably
impressed
that
their
signification
is
clear
at
first
sight."
This
tree
has
always
been
regarded
as
the
symbol
of
sorrow,
and
also
of
forsaken
love.
In
China
it
is
employed
in
several
rites,
having
from
a
remote
period
been
regarded
as
a
token
of
immortality.
As
a
symbol
of
bitterness
the
aloe
has
long
been
in
repute,
and
"as
bitter
as
aloes"
is
a
proverbial
expression,
doubtless
derived
from
the
acid
taste
of
its
juice.
Eastern
poets
frequently
speak
of
this
plant
as
the
emblem
of
bitterness;
a
meaning
which
most
fitly
coincides
with
its
properties.
The
lily
of
the
valley
has
had
several
emblems
conferred
upon
it,
each
of
which
is
equally
apposite.
Thus
in
reference
to
the
bright
hopeful
season
of
spring,
in
which
it
blossoms,
it
has
been
regarded
as
symbolical
of
the
return
of
happiness,
whilst
its
delicate
perfume
has
long
been
indicative
of
sweetness,
a
characteristic
thus
beautifully
described
by
Keats:--
"No
flower
amid
the
garden
fairer
grows
Than
the
sweet
lily
of
the
lowly
vale,
The
queen
of
flowers."
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