70 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ATTACHMENT. 



SCARLET-FLOWERED IPOMGEA. Ipomota coceinea. 



This beautiful plant is made the emblem of 

 attachment from its entwining nature ; which, 

 like the bind weed of our fields, fixes itself to 

 the first prop within its reach ; 



recompensing well 



The strength they borrow with the grace they lend." 



Cowper. 



AUSTERITY. 



FULLER'S TEASEL. Dipsacusfullonum. 



" Let not austerity breed servile fear." 



Roscommon. 



This plant is made the emblem of austerity 

 from the extreme roughness of its conical re- 

 ceptacle, which is used to raise the nap upon 

 woollen cloths, and hence its English name. 



Austerity in courtship is generally followed 

 by brutality in wedlock. 



