112 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



DECEPTION. 



Winter Cherry. — Physalis Alkekergi. 



We present this berry as the emblem of 

 deception, since it assumes all the beauty of 

 the cherry, in shape, gloss, and colouring. 



One of Shakspeare's songs says, 



*' Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more ; 

 Men were deceivers ever : 

 One foot in sea, and one on shore ; 

 To one thing constant never." 



DECLARATION OF LOVE. 



Tulip. — Tulipa. 



*' Then comes the tulip race, where beauty plays 

 Her idle freaks." 



Thompson. 



** There's fairy tulips in the east. 

 The garden of the sun ; 

 The very streams reflect the hues. 

 And blossom as they run." 



W iff en. 



The tulip has from time immemorial been 



