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Columbine--Folly.
Columbine, Purple--Resolved to win.
Daisy--Innocence.
Dead Leaves--Sadness.
Deadly Nightshade--Falsehood.
Fern--Fascination.
Forget-me-not--True love, Forget me not.
Fuschia, Scarlet--Taste.
Geranium, Rose--Preference.
Geranium, Scarlet--Consolation.
Golden-Rod--Be cautious.
Heliotrope--Devotion.
Honey-Flower--Love, sweet and secret.
Hyacinth, White--Unobtrusive loveliness.
Ivy--Fidelity.
Lady's Slipper--Win me and wear me.
Lily, Day--Coquetry.
Lily, White-Sweetness.
Lily, Yellow--Gaiety.
Lily of the Valley--Return of happiness.
Mignonette--Your qualities surpass your charm.
Monkshead--Danger is near.
Myrtle--Love.
Oats--The witching soul of music.
Orange Blossoms--Chastity.
Pansy--Thoughts.
Passion Flower--Faith.
Peach Blossom--I am your captive.
Pear--Affection.
Primrose--Inconstancy.
Quaking Grass--Agitation.
Rose--Love.
Rose, Deep Red--Bashful shame.
Rose, Yellow--Jealousy.
Rose, White--I am worthy of you.
Rosebud, Moss--Confession of love.
Shamrock--Lightheartedness.
Straw--Agreement.
Straw, Broken--Broken agreement.
Sweet Pea--Depart.
Tuberose--Dangerous pleasures.
Verbena--Pray for me.
Witch Hazel--A spell.
ALPHABET OF ADVICE TO WRITERS.
A word out of place spoils the most beautiful thought.--Voltaire.
Begin humbly. Labor faithfully. Be patient.--Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Cultivate accuracy in words and things; amass sound knowledge; avoid all
affectation; write all topics which interest you.--F. W. Newman.
Don't be afraid. Fight right along. Hope right along.--S.L. Clemens.
Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of
Language.--W. S. Landor.
Follow this: If you write from the heart, you will write to the
heart.--Beaconsfield
Genius may begin great works, but only continued labor completes
them.--Joubert.
Half the writer's art consists in learning what to leave in the
ink-pot.--Stevenson.
It is by suggestion, not cumulation, that profound impressions are made
on the imagination.--Lowell.
Joy in one's work is an asset beyond the valuing in mere dollars.--C. D.
Warner.
Keep writing--and profit by criticism. Use for a motto Michael Angelo's
wise words: "Genius is infinite patience."--L. M. Alcott.
Lord, let me never tag a moral to a story, nor tell a story without a
meaning.--Van Dyke.
More failures come from vanity than carelessness.
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