FLORAL EMBLEMS. 207 



MATERNAL LOVE. 



Mossy Saxifrage, or Ladies Cushion. 

 Saxifraga hi/pnoides. 



** The babe had all that infant care beguiles, 

 And early knew his mother in her smiles : 

 At his first aptness the maternal love. 

 Those rudiments of reason did improve.'* 



Diyden. 



This plant, that so frequently clothes the 

 naked rocks of Chedder, Snowdon, and Ben 

 Lomond, is made symbolical of this instinc- 

 tive love. 



'* Within her breast though calm, her breast though pure, 

 Motherly cares and fears got head, and rais'd 

 Some troubled thoughts," 



Milton. 



