158 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



GENTEEL, PRETTY. 



ROSE . Pompom. 



This compact, pretty little offspring of the 

 provins rose, comes about as near to its parent 

 as the term genteel does to elegant, or pretty 

 to beautiful. 



" The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant creature 

 in the world, and is always of my mind." 



Spectator. 



GLORY. 



LAUREL . Prunus Laurocerasus. 



<c The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors. 



Fairy Queen. 



To wear a crown of laurel has been the sol- 

 dier's ambition from the earliest ages to the 

 present day ; and when placed on the brow of 

 a hero who has defended his country, its rays 

 are truly glorious. 



" Think it no glory to swell in tyranny." 



Sidney. 



