84 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



CALM REPOSE. 



BUCK BEAN . Menyanthes . 



" Every pilot 



Can steer the ship in calms ; but he performs 

 The skilful part, can manage it in storms." 



Denham. 



This aquatic plant, avoiding the rapid 

 streams, seeks recesses where the unruffled wa- 

 ters will allow its flowers to float in calm repose. 



" Th' hour 



Of night, and of all things now retir'd to rest, 

 Mind us of like repose." 



Milton. 



CALUMNY. 



MADDER. Rubia tinctorum. 



" Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, 

 Thou shalt not escape calumny." 



Shakspeare. 



This plant, that is so essential to dyers and 

 calico-printers, is made the emblem of ca- 



