. Floral emblems . ¥ :S:^ ^^.^^^^-j: ,^ ^f ie»^t r -^ J -*^^Cf ■\fk k -^. \k YezrtTi aii^ Bc-etziti/ aifutfit /•i/ tAt .ffrn^.^- t\^ ZriY .T^i^iTA-Aed^i* Sa-a^,^^i7/^^^..Mfm^iietSU/S^i FLORAL EMBLEMS. 83 BOND OF LOVE Honeysuckle or Woodbine.—Lonicera. So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckleGently entwine. This happy emblem reminds us that sweet-ness of disposition is a firmer tie than daz-zhng beauty. Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale and well compensating her sickly looksWith never cloying odours, early and latCs Cowper. BULKINESS. Water Melon.—3Ielo Citrullus. This fru

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. Floral emblems . ¥ :S:^ ^^.^^^^-j: ,^ ^f ie»^t r -^ J -*^^Cf ■\fk k -^. \k YezrtTi aii^ Bc-etziti/ aifutfit /•i/ tAt .ffrn^.^- t\^ ZriY .T^i^iTA-Aed^i* Sa-a^,^^i7/^^^..Mfm^iietSU/S^i FLORAL EMBLEMS. 83 BOND OF LOVE Honeysuckle or Woodbine.—Lonicera. So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckleGently entwine. This happy emblem reminds us that sweet-ness of disposition is a firmer tie than daz-zhng beauty. Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale and well compensating her sickly looksWith never cloying odours, early and latCs Cowper. BULKINESS. Water Melon.—3Ielo Citrullus. This fruit, which flourishes and swells to agreat size in the sands of Egypt, is madesymbolical of bulkiness. The murmuring Israelites exclaimed, Weremember the fish which we did eat in Egyptfreely ; the cucumbers and the melons. g2 84 FI-ORAL EMBLEMS. CALM REPOSE. BucKBEAN.—Menyanthes. Every pilotCan steer the ship in cahiis; but he performsThe skilful part, can manage it in storms. Denhani. This aquatic plant, avoiding the rapidstreams, seeks recesses where the unruf

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