82 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



BOLDNESS. 



PINE. 



" Yon verdant pines, that midst the winter smile, 

 Offspring of Scotia or Virginia's soil." 



Delille. 



These hardy offsprings of bleak and snowy 

 mountains are made symbolical of boldness 

 from the resistance they make to the rigour 

 of the storms. 



True boldness (according to Locke) is the 

 power to speak or do what we intend, before 

 others, without fear or disorder. 



