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funeral of Achilles, has induced the bards to 

 place it in the list of funereal flowers, and to 

 make it the emblem of immortality. 



It is one of the flowers which retain their 

 beauty in a dried state ; and hence it is so 

 frequently used in the ceremonies of the Ro- 

 mish church, and to decorate the monuments 

 of the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, the ro- 

 mantic " Grave of France." 



IMPATIENCE. 



BALSAM . Impatiens Balsamiria . 

 " Balsam, with its shaft of amber." 



This emblem is given on account of the 

 elasticity of the capsule when ripe, which darts 

 out its seed the moment it is touched. The 

 generic name is derived on the same ac- 

 count. 



