Craig wrote: “A plant; the dream denotes long life, prosperity and a happy family (Artemidorus); the symbol of long life, perpetual hope.”
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Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Box tree · Printed p. 202–203; NLM OCR lines 9278–9286 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Box
Original source (English)
A plant; the dream denotes long life, prosperity and a happy family (Artemidorus); the symbol of long life, perpetual hope.
Editorial heading distinguishes the source’s second ‘Box’ entry, which begins ‘A plant’, from the preceding container entry. The original heading is retained in the transcription metadata.
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