FLORAL EMBLEMS. 83 



BOND OF LOVE 



HONEYSUCKLE OR WOODBINE. Lonicera. 



" So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckle 

 Gently entwine." 



This happy emblem reminds us that sweet- 

 ness of disposition is a firmer tie than daz- 

 zling beauty. 



" Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale and wan, 

 But well compensating her sickly looks 

 With never cloying odours, early and late." 



Cowper. 



BULKINESS. 



WATER MELON. Melo Citrullus. 



This fruit, which flourishes and swells to a 

 great size in the sands of Egypt, is made 

 symbolical of bulkiness. 



The murmuring Israelites exclaimed, " We 

 remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt 

 freely ; the cucumbers and the melons." 



