86 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY. 



MUSK ROSE. Rosa moschata. 



" Their passions move in lower spheres, 

 Where'er caprice or folly steers." 



Swift. 



This Barbary rose seems to have thrown off 

 its vegetable fragrance in favour of animal 

 perfume ; 



" And each inconstant breeze that blows, 

 Steals essence from the musky rose." 



CELIBACY. 



ROSEBAY WILLOW HERB, or FRENCH WILLOW. 

 Epilobium Angustifolium. 



The French call this plant Laurier Saint 

 Antoine, after St. Antony, the first founder 

 of monastic institutions ; and we have there- 

 fore made his favourite flower the emblem of 

 celibacy. 



