252 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



prosperous people, flushed with great suc- 

 cesses, are seldom so pious, so humble, so 

 just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their 

 happiness." 



Dryden says, 



" Some men, instructed by the lab'ring ant, 

 Provide against th' extremities of want." 



The use of trefoil in armorial bearings is of 

 great antiquity. The Dutch clover, Trifolium 

 repens, is dedicated to St. Patrick, it being 

 the shamrock of the Irish. 



