FLORAL EMBLEMS. 83 



BOND OF LOVE 



, Honeysuckle or Woodbine. — Lonicera, 



" So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckle 

 Gently entwine." 



This happy emblem reminds us that sweet- 

 ness of disposition is a firmer tie than daz- 

 zling beauty. 



" Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale and wan, 

 But well compensating her sickly looks 

 With never cloying odours, early and late." 



Cowper. 



bulkiness. 



Water Melon. — Melo Citrullus. 



This fruit, which flourishes and swells to a 

 great size in the sands of Egypt, is made 

 symbolical of bulkiness. 



The murmuring Israelites exclaimed, '^ We 

 remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt 

 freely ; the cucumbers and the melons." 



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