248 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



The Greek name of this plant signifies 

 splendour ; and the beauty of the flower ren- 

 ders it appropriate as the emblem of pride. 



" Pride was not made for men ; a conscious sense 

 Of guilt, and folly, and their consequence, 

 Destroys the claim ; and to beholders tells 

 Here, nothing'but the shape of manhood dwells!" 



Waller. 



PROFIT. 



CABBAGE . Brassica. 



" That herb, which o'er the whole terrestrial globe 

 Doth flourish, and in great abundance yields 

 To low plebeian, and the haughty king, 

 In winter, cabbage ; and green sprouts in spring." 



Columella. 



In the mercantile world, the greatest profit 

 generally arises out of articles of necessity, or 

 such as habit has brought into general de- 

 mand ; and but few if any culinary vegeta- 



