Single rose,
simplicity,
single dahlia, treachery and instability.
The entire clothing used about the person
should be put into a tub of cold water
and kept outside the house for twenty-four hours.
Ladder fern, sincerity and sorrow,
holly, foresight,
ivy, attachment.
The house floors and woodwork
should be cleansed with hot water,
the walls limewashed, and every apartment
fumigated with chloride and vitriol.
Climbing roses,
unfailing love,
wild geranium, steadfast piety.
The personal clothes should be dried
before a strong fire, the bed,
if of straw, chaff, or shavings
as well as ticking, should be burned
within the yard attached to the house.
Periwinkle,
sweet memories,
unerring devotion.
Woollen articles should be cleaned
and exposed to strong dry heat.
A free current of fresh air
should pass through all the rooms.
Acacia, immortality.
Stephanotis,
will you accompany me to the East?