260 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



REFUSAL. 



STRIPED PINK, OR CARNATION. Dianthus. 

 " With hues on hues." 



Thomson. 



streak 'd gillyflowers, 



Which some call, nature's bastards : of that kind 

 Our rustic garden's barren ; and I care not 

 To get slips of them." 



" For I have heard it said, 

 There is an art, in their piedness, shares 

 With great creating nature." 



Shakspeare. 



Ladies should think seriously before ' they 

 present this emblem to their suitors. Garth 



says, 



" Women are made as they themselves would choose ; 

 Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse." 



