FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



Thine are the ample views, that unconfin'd 

 Stretch to the utmost walks of human kind ; 

 Thine is the spirit that with widest plan 

 Brother to brother binds, and man to man !" 



Bowles. 



CHASTE LOVE. 



ACACIA. Robmia Pseudacada. 



" Light-leaved acacias, and the shady plain, 



And spreading cedar, grace the woodland reign." 



The beautiful blossoms of this North Ame- 

 rican tree are made the emblem of chaste love, 

 because the young- Americans declare their 

 first passion by presenting a branch of these 

 papilionacious flowers to those whom Cupid 

 directs their choice. 



" Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, 

 Love finds an altar for forbidden fires." 



Pope. 



