284 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



SNARE. 



DRAGON PLANT. Arum dracunculus. 



" Oh ! wander not where dragon Arum show'rs 

 Her baleful dews, and twines her purple flowers, 

 Lest round thy neck she throw her snaring arms, 

 Sap thy life's blood, and riot on thy charms. 

 Her shining berry, as the ruby bright, 

 Might please thy taste, and tempt thy eager sight, 

 Trust not this specious veil ; beneath its guise, 

 In honey 'd streams, a fatal poison lies." 



Mrs. F. A. Rowden. 



The above lines were penned to caution 

 children against the dangers of this beautiful 

 vegetable production. But as children of a 

 full growth are frequently entangled, we shall 

 caution them in the words of Dryden, who 

 says, 



" The spreading snare for all mankind is laid, 

 And lovers all betray, or are betray 'd." 



