FLORAL EMBLEMS. 267 



RESISTANCE. 



Ta N s Y . — Tanacetum . 



" Before my door the box-edg'd border lies. 



Where flowers of mint, and thyme, and tansy rise." 



Scott. 



This balsamic plant, so celebrated of old, is 

 made the emblem of resistance, because it was 

 supposed to act against contagion. 



" Since you can love, and yet your error see. 

 The same resistless power jiay plead for me." 



Dry den. 



RESTORATION. 



Persicaria. — Polygonum Oriental. 

 " Restore me to your favour." 



The seeds of this Asiatic plant were pro- 

 cured by M. Tournefort, from the garden of 

 the three Churches near Mount Ararat, the 

 spot on which the ark is supposed to have 



