120 FLORAL EMBLEMS, 



DIGNITY. 



LAUREL-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. Magnolia grandiflora. 



The grandeur of this flower is appropriate 

 to the elevated station which it takes in the 

 vegetable kingdom, for in its native soil it 

 advances itself above the forest trees, display- 

 ing its dignity, and dispensing its fragrance 

 throughout the woods of Florida. 



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It is remarked by an elegant writer that 

 " some men have a native dignity, which 

 will procure them more regard by a look, 

 than others can obtain by the most imperious 

 commands." 



