180 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



fheiah (melancholy thistle) in their crown. 

 It is now so happily blended with the English 

 rose, that we hope no hand will escape the 

 prickles of each, who shall dare attempt to 

 divide them. 



INCONSTANCY. 



Great-flowered Evening Primrose. 

 CEnothera grandiflora . 



" Yon evening primroses, when day has fled, 

 Open your paUid flowers, by dews and moonHght fed." 



Barton. 



This flower, that shuns the day as if it could 

 not face the truth, is made the emblem of in- 

 constancy. 



" They know how fickle common lovers are ; 

 Their oaths and vows are cautiously believ'd ; 

 For few there are but have been once deceiv'd." 



Dry den. 



