. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. PASSION-FLO WER. PASSION-FLOWER (Passiflora c^r2^/^«).—CHRISTIAN Faith. " High o'er the pointal, decked with gold, (emblem mysterious to behold!) A radiant cross its form expands; Its opening arms appear to embrace the whole collective human race, Refuse of aU men, in all ;—^Anon. A VIVID imagination has traced in this flower figures of a crown of thorns, the scourge, the sponge, the nails, and the five wounds of Christ; on account of these fancied resem- blances it has been
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. PASSION-FLO WER. PASSION-FLOWER (Passiflora c^r2^/^«).—CHRISTIAN Faith. " High o'er the pointal, decked with gold, (emblem mysterious to behold!) A radiant cross its form expands; Its opening arms appear to embrace the whole collective human race, Refuse of aU men, in all ;—^Anon. A VIVID imagination has traced in this flower figures of a crown of thorns, the scourge, the sponge, the nails, and the five wounds of Christ; on account of these fancied resem- blances it has been called Passiflora, or the Passion-flower. PATIENCE DOCK {Rumex Patientia).—?(C^. Medical science used to avail itself of the roots of this plant, which are extremely bitter. The name is ambiguous. It is used ambiguously by Mademoiselle Scudery, "La patience n'est pas la fleur des Franqais" Passerat has also written in his Jardin d'Amour, " On peut en ce jardin cueillir la Patience, De la prendre en amour je n'ai pas la ; THE P^ONY (Paonia officinalis).—SnhM^. This flower has been made emblematical of Shame, because Rapin, in his poem, Des Jardins, speaking of the Paeony, says, "They are not the blushes of modesty which 150. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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