ORANGE FLOWERS. 



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ORANGE FLOWERS {Citrus Aiirantium).—CYiM^'Y\.T\. 



The fair brow of a virgin bride is wreathed with a garland 

 of Orange blossom, meet emblem of her maiden purity. This 

 decoration is withheld from all who are undeserving of the 

 distinction, more especially in the neighbourhood of Paris. 



THE ORANGE TREE.— Generosity. 



This is a very handsome shrub, of a shining green through- 

 out all seasons, never bare of most odoriferous flowers, and at 

 all times bearing some of its brilHant, fragrant, and delicious 

 fruit. It is the emblem of a generous friend whose coun- 

 tenance is ever radiant with good nature, whose lips cheer us 

 with kindly words, and whose hands arc ever open to bestow 

 upon us his favours. 



THE PANSY {Viola tricalor):—TYLmY. OF Me. 



" There is Pansies, that's for thoughts," says Shakespeare 

 and Miss Twamley asks, 



" Oh ! are not Pansies emblems meet for thoiigiits.'* 

 The pure, the chequered — gay and deep by turns ; 

 A hue for every mood the bright things w car 

 In their soft velvet coats — " 



and, as its English name seems to be a con'uption of a French 

 word in the phrase, Pmscz-a-inoi — tJiiiik of inc, it is also 

 called Heart's-ease, a sure result of a confident assurance 



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