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a custom with the ancients to place a rose 

 above their heads m their banqueting rooms, 

 in order to banish restraint, as it expressed 

 that nothing would be repeated that was said 

 under the rose. 



" For secrecy no lady closer." 



Shakspeare. 



SENSUALITY. 



SPANISH JASMINE. Jasminum grandiflorum. 



" Here jasmines spread the silver- flower, 

 To deck the wall or weave the bower/' 



Cotton. 



This highly odorous flower represents an 

 immoderate desire for sensual gratifications. 



Youth spent in sensuality, ends in prema- 

 ture old age, accompanied by disease of body, 

 and infirmity of mind. 



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