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thus runs from branch to branch, or from 

 post to pillar, to exhibit its floral cup and 

 saucer, the symbol of innocent chit-chat, as 

 well as the emblem of venomous scandal. 

 The most dangerous gossips are those who 



" Fawn on men, and hug them hard. 



And after, scandal them." 



Shakspeare. 



GRACE. 



Hundred-leaved Rose. — Rosa centifolia. 



This is the rose with which painters choose 

 to represent Love and Hymen; but, why it 

 is selected from amongst the roses as the em- 

 blem of Grace we know not, since the regu- 

 larity by which its petals are placed, rendei*s 

 it less graceful than several other roses. 



