156 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



GAIETY. 



Butterfly Orchis. — Hahenaria bifolia. 



** The orchis race with vary'd beauty charm. 



And mock the exploring bee or fly's aerial form/' 



Mrs. Charlotte Smith. 



The butterfly, by its airy movements and 

 its showy embeUishments, gives naturally an 

 idea of gaiety ; and from hence the flower, 

 which is thought to resemble this short-lived 

 insect, has been selected for this emblem. 



" Like some fair flow'r that early spring supplies. 

 That gaily blooms, but ev'n in blooming dies." 



Pope. 



GALLANTRY— See CRAFTINESS. 



