FLORAL EMBLEMS. 71 



AVERSION. 



CHINA OR INDIAN PINK. Dianthus Chinensis. 



" Hast thy uncertain bosom ever strove, 

 With the first tumults of a real love ? 

 Hast thou now dreaded, and now bless'd his sway, 

 By turns averse and joyful to obey ?" 



Prior. 



We presume the China pink has been 

 placed in floral hieroglyphics to represent 

 aversion, in allusion to the custom of the Chi- 

 nese, who wish to avoid all intercourse with 

 other nations. 



The great Verulam says, 



" A natural and secret hatred and aversa- 

 tion towards society, in any man, hath some- 

 what of the savage beast." 



