THE WATER LILY. 
Botanical Name, Nymphos a alba .— Class, Polyandria .— 
Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white .—Native place, 
Europe. 
■Sentiment. 
PURITY OP HEART. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The fair beauty of this flower, and its seat 
upon the waters, naturally associate with it 
the idea of purity, which, as soon as we con¬ 
nect it with the affections, or their supposed 
seat, as naturally resolves itself into “ purity 
of heart. ” 
