26 INTRODUCTION. 



" your pride is checked," by holding it 

 downwards either to the left or the right, as 

 the sense requires. 



In the same manner the wallflower, which 

 is made the emblem of fidelity in misfortune, 

 if presented with the stalk upwards,- would 

 insinuate that the person was considered no 

 friend to the unfortunate. Thus various sen- 

 timents may be expressed by all the flowers 

 noticed in these emblems, but which are 

 principally intended as floral mottos. 



