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SOURNESS. 



BARBERRY. Barberis vulgaris. 



" Sullen and sour, with discontented mein, 

 Jocasta frown'd." 



Pope. 



This acid fruit with its sour leaves, is em- 

 blematical of the temper that is soured by 

 peevish asperity. 



Too great a propensity to seriousness, is apt 

 to engender sourness. 



SPLENDOUR. 



SCARLET NASTURTIUM. Thopoeolum. 



This Peruvian plant, which wears the gay 

 livery of the worshippers of the Sun, has, 



