152 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



FORSAKEN. 



LILAC . Syringa . 



" The lilac hangs to view 



Its bursting gems in clusters blue." 



The eastern nations, from whence this beau- 

 tiful shrub was originally brought, use the lilac 

 as the emblem of the forsaken, because it is 

 the flower lovers offer their mistresses when 

 they abandon them. 



It may generally be observed, that those 

 who forsake their family and friends, soon 

 become anxious to run away from them- 

 selves. 



