. Floral emblems . hich accountthe emblem has been devised. Ingratitude ! thou marble-hearted fiend. More hideous, when thou showst thee in a the sea monster.—King Lear, Crowfoot.— Wild Ranunculus. And the crow-flowers, golden-hued. * Ingratitudes a weed of every thrives too fast at first, but fades in time. Garth. This emblem of ingratitude insinuates itselfinto pastures, and destroys the flocks by itssecret poison. * Ce joli bouton satine. Qui sourit comme Tinnoccnce,Recele un sue cmpoisonnc Et souvent blessc Timprudence. 188 FLORAL EMBLEMS. INJUSTICE. Ho p.—Humulus. Lo,
. Floral emblems . hich accountthe emblem has been devised. Ingratitude ! thou marble-hearted fiend. More hideous, when thou showst thee in a the sea monster.—King Lear, Crowfoot.— Wild Ranunculus. And the crow-flowers, golden-hued. * Ingratitudes a weed of every thrives too fast at first, but fades in time. Garth. This emblem of ingratitude insinuates itselfinto pastures, and destroys the flocks by itssecret poison. * Ce joli bouton satine. Qui sourit comme Tinnoccnce,Recele un sue cmpoisonnc Et souvent blessc Timprudence. 188 FLORAL EMBLEMS. INJUSTICE. Ho p.—Humulus. Lo, on auxiliary poles, the hops Ascending spiral, ranged in meet array. Philips. Injustice suffered this plant to be regardedas a noxious weed, until we began to Brew in October, and hop it for long keeping. INNOCENCE. Daisy.—Bellis perennis. With silver crest and golden eye. This bonny gem of Scotlands sweet poet,is made the emblem of innocence, from itsforming one of the earliest floral amusementsof FLORAL EMBLEMS. 189 The glowing gem, the sparkling strike the sight with quick surpriseBut truth and innocence alone, Can still engage the good and wise. Fordyce. The white violet is also an emblem of * Simplicity, and spotless innocence. The common daisy is dedicated to St. Mar-garet of Cortona. INSPIRATION. Angelica .—A ngelica. My fancy formd thee of angelic kind. Pope. Parkinson says, this plant was named An-gelica from *^the angel-like properties men have began to act more on the prin-ciples of reason than on pretended inspiration,this plant has become less celebrated. 190 FLORAL EMBLEMS. The ancients considered this plant possessedof angeUc virtues ; and from whence it derivedits exalted title. Amongst other properties,it was supposed to possess that of defendingpersons from enchantment and the evils ofwitchcraft, which induced the poets to makeit emblematical of inspiration. Augurs and soothsayers, , and interpret
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