FLORAL EMBLEMS. 165 



HATRED. 



BASIL . Ocimum Basilicum . 



The basil -tuft that waves 



Its fragrant blossom over graves." 



This emblem is derived from superstitious 

 prejudice which condemned the fragrant Basil 

 as one of the most hurtful of all herbs. 



Locke observes, that " hatreds are often 

 begotten from slight and almost innocent oc- 

 casions ;" and Sherlock says, 



" Hatred has in it the guilt of murder." 



