FLORAL EMBLEMS. 87 



Reason seems to tell us, that the most de- 

 vout and strict celibacy cannot be so accepta- 

 ble to the Almighty as the faithful observance 

 of the duties of husband and wife, parent, 

 child, and neighbour. 



CHARITY 



Turnip. — Rapa. 



" Turnips hide their swelHng heads below." 



GV/j/. 



Peacham pictures the month of November 

 with bvmches of parsnips and turnips in his 

 right hand; and Guillim says, turnips were 

 used in armorial bearings to represent a 

 person of good disposition, wdio relieved the 

 poor. Hence we have made it the emblem 

 of charity: 



'* Oh, charity ! our helpless nature's pride. 



Thou friend to him who knows no friend beside : 



