FLORAL EMBLEMS. 77 



BENEFICENCE. 



I 



POTATOE. Solatium tuberosum. 



This root, which forms alike the poor man's 

 bread and the rich man's luxury, is properly 

 made the representative of beneficence. It is 

 the palladium against famine, forming flour 

 without a mill, and bread without an oven. 

 It was first procured when 



" Raleigh, with hopes of new discoveries fir'd, 

 And all the depth of human wit inspired, 

 Mov'd o'er the western world in search of fame, 

 Adding fresh glory to Eliza's name." 



D. King. 



