64 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ARDOUR. 



CucKOw-piNT. — Arum maculatitm, 



*' Voyez, 6 prodige etonnant ! 

 L'Arum, qu' admire I'ltalie, 

 Si le nseud de I'hymen la lie. 

 Lancer, de son spadix brulant, 

 Un feu bien plus etincelant 

 Qu' a toute autre heure de sa vie." 



The phenomenon which this plant displays 

 at the period of impregnation, determined the 

 poets to make it the emblem of ardour. 



ARGUMENT. 



Fig. — Ficus. 



*' Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig." 



Thompson, 



This emblem is derived from the circum- 

 stance of Cato's taking a fig in his hand, when 

 he stimulated the Roman senators to declare 



