70 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ATTACHMENT. 



Scarlet-flowered Ipomcea. — Ipomcea coceinea. 



This beautiful plant is made the emblem of 



attachment from its entwining nature ; which, 



like the bind weed of our fields, fixes itself to 



the first prop within its reach ; 



*' recompensing well 



The strength they borrow with the grace .they lend.'^ 



Coivpei\ 



AUSTERITY. 



Fuller's Teasel. — Dipsacus fullonum. 



*' Let not austerity breed servile fear." 



Roscommon. 



This plant is made the emblem of austerity 

 from the extreme roughness of its conical re- 

 ceptacle, which is used to raise the nap upon 

 woollen cloths, and hence its English name. 



Austerity in courtship is generally followed 

 by brutality in wedlock. 



