192 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



A lady being asked one day what induced 

 her to be so passionately fond of a flower that 

 presented so little lustre to the eye, replied, 

 " Que la parfum de Theliotrope est a mon 

 parterre ce que Tame est a la beaute, la volupte 

 a 1'amour, et 1'amour a la jeunesse." 



" As with new wine intoxicated both, 

 They swim in mirth, and fancy that they feel 

 Divinity within them breeding wings, 

 Wherewith to scorn the earth." 



Milton. 



