FLORAL EMBLEMS.- 217 



MUSIC, 



A BUNDLE OF REEDS WITH THEIR PANICLES, OB 

 A BRANCH OF PINE TREE WITH CONES. 



'' O music ! sphere-descended maid. 

 Friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid, 

 Tis said, and I believe the tale. 

 Thy humblest reed could more prevail. 

 Had more of strength, diviner rage. 

 Than all which charms this laggard age." 



Collins, 



This emblem is derived from the mytho- 

 logy of the early poets, as we cannot admit 

 the accustomary symbols of lyre and harp in 

 this floral collection. 



'' By music minds an equal temper know. 

 Nor swell too high, nor sink too low ; 

 Warriors she fires with animated sounds. 



Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds." 



Pope. 



