FLORAL EMBLEMS. 97 



Some suppose it to be on account of its form- 

 erly being- so frequently planted in the front 

 of houses to shade happy couples from the 

 noon-tide sun. 



A botanical wag observed that each bunch 

 of flowers had but one tongue between them.* 



" He raark'd the conjugal dispute ; 

 Nell roar'd incessant, Dick sat mute." 



Swift, 



CONSOLATION. 



SNOW-DROP . Galanthus nivalis . 



" A flow'r that first in this sweet garden smil'd, 

 To virgins sacred, and the snow-drop styl'd." 



TickelL 



The snow-drop is the first flower that awakes 

 from the repose of winter, and cheers us with 



* The flour-stalk springs from, and is attached to a 

 whitish, tongue-shaped leaf, widely different both in colour 

 and shape to the foliage of the tree. 



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