CHAPTER XV.

PLANT SYMBOLISM AND LANGUAGE. -- Plant Emblems of the Ancients -- The Science of Plant Symbolism -- Floral Symbols of the Scriptures -- The Passion Flower, or Flower of the Five Wounds -- Mediæval Plant Symbolism -- Floral Emblems of Shakspeare -- The Language of Flowers -- Floral Vocabulary of the Greeks and Romans -- A Dictionary of Flowers -- Floral Divination 176