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PERSONALITY OF PLANTS<br />
to cover their hands. In infancy, the fays are<br />
cradled in Tulips and throughout life, they use<br />
the Cowslip as a drinking cup, and seek shelter<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Wood-Anemone in wet weather.<br />
In some localities, it is believed that the<br />
fairies create the Toad-Stools. They are also<br />
reputed to gather colours from the sunset<br />
clouds, and with tiny but accurate brushes cover<br />
flower petals with their delicate tints. Fairies<br />
seldom reveal themselves to men, but the lucky<br />
possessor <strong>of</strong> a four-leafed Clover is sometimes<br />
privileged to see them.<br />
From time immemorial, men and maidens in<br />
lovei have sought the aid <strong>of</strong> their floral friends.<br />
Which <strong>of</strong> us is there who has not gone to the<br />
Daisy in some heart perplexity <strong>of</strong> youth, and<br />
made its petals say, "She loves me; She loves<br />
me not," as we pulled them <strong>of</strong>f one by one? An<br />
older and less known superstition says that an<br />
Apple seed placed on a hot stove will hop<br />
towards one's future mate.<br />
In England, the Marigold is used for various<br />
love divinations, but in Germany it is carefully<br />
excluded from affairs <strong>of</strong> the heart. In that lat-<br />
ter country the Star-Flower and the Dandelion<br />
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