260 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



REFUSAL. 



Striped Pink, or Carnation. — Dianfhus, 



" With hues on hues." 



Thomson. 



'* and streak 'd gillyflowers. 



Which some call, nature's bastards : of that kind 

 Our rustic garden's barren ; and I care not 

 To get slips of them." 



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** For I have heard it said. 



There is an art, in their piedness, shares 

 With great creating nature." 



Shakspeare. 



Ladies should think seriously before they 

 present this emblem to their suitors. Garth 



says, 



" Women are made as they themselves would choose ; 

 Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse." 



