282 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



SINCERITY. 



Garden Chervil. — Scandix cerefotiiim. 



" The thoughts of past pleasure and truth. 

 The best of all blessings below." 



The ancients affirm, that this herb, when 

 eaten, causes cheerfulness without inebriety ; 

 and hence it was made the symbol of since- 

 rity. 



