106 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



DANGER. 



RHODODENDRON. Rhododendron. 



" O'er pine-clad hills, and dusky plains, 

 In silent state rhododendron reigns, 

 And spreads, in beauty's softest blooms, 

 Her purple glories through the glooms." 



Shaw. 



These purple flowers abound in a poisonous 

 honey, and have hence been made emblema- 

 tical of the dangers that lurk about the im- 

 perial purple. 



" Ev'nas those bees of Trebizond, 



Which from the sunniest flowers that clad 

 With their pure smile the garden round, 

 Draw venom forth that drives men mad." 



T. Moore. 



