FLORAL EMBLEMS 99 



Juice, that creeping through the heart, 

 Deadens every sense of smart." 



Mrs. M. Robinson. 



Fertility was hieroglyphically described by 

 Venus, with a head of poppy in her hand. 



CONSTANCY. 



BLUE PYRAMIDAL BELL FLOWER. 

 Campanula pyromidalis. 



" There thou shalt cull me simples, and shall teach 

 Thy friend the name and healing pow'rs of each, 

 From the tall blue-bell to the dwarfish weed, 

 What the dry land, and what the marshes breed." 



Milton. 



The blue campanula is made emblematical 

 of constancy on account of its colour. South 

 describes constancy as a stability and firmness 

 of friendship, which overlooks and passes by 

 lesser failures of kindness, and yet still retains 

 the same habitual goodwill to a friend. 



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