0'2 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



AMIABLENESS. 



WHITEJASMINE . Jasminum Officinale . 



" The jessamine, with which the queen of flowers 

 To charm her god, adorns his favourite bowers ; 

 Which brides by the plain hand of neatness drest, 

 Unenvied rival ! wear upon their breast ; 

 Sweet as the incense of the morn, and chaste 

 As the pure zone which circles Dian's waist." 



Churchill. 



The beauty of this unassuming flower is even 

 surpassed by its delightful odour ; may we thus 

 always find loveliness accompanied by amia- 

 bility, 



" And brides, as delicate and fair 

 As the white jasmine flowers they wear." 



T. Moore. 



