. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. WHITE VIOLET. WHITE VIOLET.—Candour. Candour takes precedence, in order of time, of Modesty. The White Violet is as if the purple one were invested with the robe of innocence. THE WHORTLE OR BILBERRY (Vaccinium myrtillus).— Treachery. " Nor lacked, for more delight on that warm day, Our table, small parade of garden fruits, And Whortle-berries from the mountain ;— Wordsworth. ^NOMAUS, father of the lovely Hippodamia, had Myr- tillus, son of Mercury, for a shield-bearer. Being
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. WHITE VIOLET. WHITE VIOLET.—Candour. Candour takes precedence, in order of time, of Modesty. The White Violet is as if the purple one were invested with the robe of innocence. THE WHORTLE OR BILBERRY (Vaccinium myrtillus).— Treachery. " Nor lacked, for more delight on that warm day, Our table, small parade of garden fruits, And Whortle-berries from the mountain ;— Wordsworth. ^NOMAUS, father of the lovely Hippodamia, had Myr- tillus, son of Mercury, for a shield-bearer. Being proud of this, he required that all who aspired to the hand of his daughter, should enter the lists with him in the chariot race. Pelops, anxious to secure Hippodamia, promised a high reward to Myrtillus if he would take away the bolt from his master's chariot wheels. Myrtillus took the bribe: the chariot was overthrown, and CEnomaiis killed; but with his expiring breath he prayed that the traitor should be thrown into the sea. On his body being brought to the shore for that purpose. Mercury changed it into the shrub which bears his name; that shrub resembles a little Myrtle. It is the Whortleberry. It bears an abundance of purple berries, which are juicy, but somewhat 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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