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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Its
perfect
snow-white
flower
is
the
emblem
of
purity,
allusions
to
which
we
find
numerously
scattered
in
the
literature
of
the
past.
One
of
the
emblems
of
the
white
poplar
in
floral
language
is
time,
because
its
leaves
appear
always
in
motion,
and
"being
of
a
dead
blackish-green
above,
and
white
below,"
writes
Mr.
Ingram,
"they
were
deemed
by
the
ancients
to
indicate
the
alternation
of
night
and
day."
Again,
the
plane-tree
has
been
from
early
times
made
the
symbol
of
genius
and
magnificence;
for
in
olden
times
philosophers
taught
beneath
its
branches,
which
acquired
for
it
a
reputation
as
one
of
the
seats
of
learning.
From
its
beauty
and
size
it
obtained
a
figurative
meaning;
and
the
arbutus
or
strawberry-tree
(Arbutus
unedo)
is
the
symbol
of
inseparable
love,
and
the
narcissus
denotes
self-love,
from
the
story
of
Narcissus,
who,
enamoured
of
his
own
beauty,
became
spell-bound
to
the
spot,
where
he
pined
to
death.
Shelley
describes
it
as
one
of
the
flowers
growing
with
the
sensitive
plant
in
that
garden
where:--
"The
pied
wind
flowers
and
the
tulip
tall,
And
narcissi,
the
fairest
among
them
all,
Who
gaze
on
their
eyes
in
the
stream's
recess,
Till
they
die
at
their
own
dear
loveliness."
The
sycamore
implies
curiosity,
from
Zacchaeus,
who
climbed
up
into
this
tree
to
witness
the
triumphal
entry
of
Christ
into
Jerusalem;
and
from
time
immemorial
the
violet
has
been
the
emblem
of
constancy:--
"Violet
is
for
faithfulness,
Which
in
me
shall
abide,
Hoping
likewise
that
from
your
heart
You
will
not
let
it
hide."
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