FLORAL EMBLEMS. 271 



RIGOUR. 



VARIOUS COLOURED LANTANA. Lantana Camara. 

 " Rigour makes it difficult for sliding virtue to recover." 



Self imposed rigour, is a presumptuous 

 pride, that is both injurious and offensive to 

 pure religion. 



RUPTURE. 



BLUE-FLOWERED GREEK VALERIAN. Polemonium 

 cceruleum. i 



Violent ruptures are more frequently pro- 

 duced from frivolous disputes than from 

 either reason or justice. 



