96 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



CONFIDENCE. 



HEPATICA, or NOBLE LIVER WORT. Anemone Hepatica. 



<( Here blushing Flora paints th' enamelPd ground, 

 Where frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves." 



Pope. 



This beautiful little flower is made the em- 

 blem of confidence, because it dares the rigours 

 of the season. 



" Say, lovely gem, why dost thou come 



So early in the year ? 

 When no flowers beside thee bloom, 

 And through the clouds and winter's gloom, 



The sun-beams scarce appear." 



CONJUGAL FIDELITY. 



LIME, OR LINDEN TREE. Tilia. 



" And the lime at eve 



Diffusing odours." 



Cowper. 



It is not easy to surmise why the linden 

 tree is made the representative of this blessing. 



