Straw, Broken Rupture of a Contract. ---- Whole Union. Strawberry Perfection. Sunflower False Riches. Sweet Sultan Happiness. Sweet William Finesse. Sycamore Curiosity. Syringa Fraternal Love. Tansy, Wild I declare war against you. Tendrils of Creepers Ties. Thistle Surliness. Thorn Apple Deceitful Charms. Thrift Sympathy. Thyme Activity. Tremella Nostoc Resistance. Truffle Surprise. Tuberose Dangerous Pleasures. Tulip Declaration of Love. Tussilage, Sweet-scented Justice shall be done to you. Valerian An Accommodating Disposition. Valerian, Greek Rupture. Venus’ Looking-glass Flattery. Veronica Fidelity. Vervain Enchantment. Vine Intoxication. Violet Modesty. Violet, White Innocence, Candour. Wallflower Fidelity in Misfortune. Walnut Stratagem. Whortleberry Treachery. Willow, Weeping Mourning. Wormwood Absence. Yew Sorrow. In the chapter on Magic Plants will be found a list of plants used by maidens and their lovers for the purposes of divination; and in Part II., under the respective headings of the plants thus alluded to, will be found described the several modes of divination. This practice of love divination, it will be seen, is not altogether unconnected with the symbolical meaning or language of flowers, and therefore it is here again adverted to. In many countries it is customary to pluck off the petals of the Marigold, or some other flower of a similar nature, while certain words are repeated, for the purpose of divining the character of an individual. Göthe, in his tragedy of ‘Faust,’ has touched upon this rustic superstition, and makes Margaret pluck off the leaves of a flower, at the same time alternately repeating the words--“He loves me,”--“He loves me not.” On coming to the last leaf, she joyously exclaims--“He love me!”--and Faust says: “Let this flower pronounce the decree of heaven!”