FLORAL EMBLEMS. 187 



INGRATITUDE. 



YELLOW GENTIAN. Gentiana lutea. 



The strictest care and the greatest art of 

 the florist is seldom sufficient to make this 

 plant thrive in the parterre ; on which account 

 the emblem has been devised. 



" Ingratitude ! thou marble-hearted fiend, 



More hideous, when thou show'st thee in a child, 

 Than the sea monster." King Lear. 



CROWFOOT. Wild Ranunculus. 

 " And the crow-flowers, golden-hued." 



" Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, 

 It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time." 



Garth. 



This emblem of ingratitude insinuates itself 

 into pastures, and destroys the flocks by its 

 secret poison. 



" Ce joli bouton satine, 



Qui sourit comme Pinnocence, 

 Recele un sue empoisonne 



Et sou vent blesse 1'imprudence." 



