FLORAL EMBLEMS. 321 



VORACIOUSNESS. 



Lu PIN. Lupinus. 



" Tristisque lupini 



Sustuleris fragiles calamos." 



Virgil. 



The ancients named this plant Lupinus, 

 from Lupus, a wolf, on account of its vora- 

 cious nature, which is such, that it draws in 

 all the nourishment of the soil to feed its own 

 growth, and consequently, destroys other ve- 

 getation ; but in doing so, it forms an ex- 

 cellent manure for poor and foul lands. 



" Where stalks of lupins grew, 



Th' ensuing season, in return, may bear 

 The bearded product of the golden year." 



Dry den. 



