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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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In
very
early
times
flowers
were
mcuh
in
request
as
love-philtres,
various
allusions
to
which
occur
in
the
literature
of
most
ages.
Thus,
in
"A
Midsummer
Night's
Dream,"
Oberon
tells
Puck
to
place
a
pansy
on
the
eyes
of
Titania,
in
order
that,
on
awaking,
she
may
fall
in
love
with
the
first
object
she
encounters.
Gerarde
speaks
of
the
carrot
as
"serving
for
love
matters,"
and
adds
that
the
root
of
the
wild
species
is
more
effectual
than
that
of
the
garden.
Vervain
has
long
been
in
repute
as
a
love-philtre,
and
in
Germany
now-a-days
endive-seed
is
sold
for
its
supposed
power
to
influence
the
affections.
The
root
of
the
male
fern
was
in
years
gone
by
used
in
love-philtres,
and
hence
the
following
allusion:
"'Twas
the
maiden's
matchless
beauty
That
drew
my
heart
a-nigh;
Not
the
fern-root
potion,
But
the
glance
of
her
blue
eye."
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