FLORAL EMBLEMS. 91 



CHEERFULNESS UNDER ADVERSITY. 



CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 

 Chrysanthemum Indicum. 



" A merry heart doth good like a medicine ; but a broken 

 spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs xvii. 22. 



Cheerfulness is the best shield that can be 

 found to lighten the strokes of adversity. 



This flower, that gives so much cheerfulness 

 to the parterre, when nearly all the other chil- 

 dren of Flora have withdrawn their smiles, 

 is presented as the emblem of this enviable 

 disposition. 



