Deceitful Charms & False Riches surrounded by Enry

Published by Saunders and Otley 50 Conduit Str 1825

DISTINCTION.

CARDINAL'S FLOWER.-Lobelia Cardinalis.

"You hold a fair assembly;

You are a church-man."

Shakspeare.

This beautiful Mexican plant obtained the name of cardinal's flower from the bright red colour of its corollas, on which account we place it as the symbol of distinction.

"In the wind and tempest of fortune's frown,
Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan,
Puffing at all, winnows the light away."

Shakspeare.

DOCILITY.

RUSH.-Juncus.

"A shaggy goat's soft hide beneath him spread,
And with fresh rushes heap'd an ample bed."

Odyssey.

This plant, so proverbial for its pliability, is the symbol of docility.

"Soon docile to the secret acts of ill,

With smiles I could betray, with temper kill."

Prior.

Those pliable minds which bend to every

will, are never worth a rush !

DO NOT ABUSE.

SAFFRON FLOWER.-Crocus sativus.

"Can Timolus' head

Vie with our saffron odours ?"

Philips.

Too liberal a use of this cordial and stimulating flower, is said to destroy the reason, or cause the death of those who indulge in it.

"Some praise at morning, what they blame at night; But always think the last opinion right."

Pope.