FLORAL EMBLEMS. 119 



DIFFIDENCE. 



Cyclamen. — Cyclamen. 



As modest diffidence adds attractions to 

 beauty, so does this graceful flower engage 

 our notice by its unassuming carriage, for the 

 cyclamen, although it expands its petals in 

 an upright direction, never rears its head to 

 the sun. 



We present this emblem with a hope that 

 the poets will not longer remain too diffident 

 to let this pretty plant escape the harmony of 

 their song, since we cannot find a line to form 

 a motto, or grace the floral symbol of dif- 

 fidence. 



*' Distress makes the humble heart diffident " 



The church has dedicated this flower to St. 

 Romuald. 



