THE 
MAPLE-LEAVED GERANIUM. 
Botanical Name, Pelargonium, acerifolium. —Class, 
Monadelphia. —Order, Ileptandria. — Flowers, white. 
—Native place, Cape of Good Hope. 
Sentiment. 
TRANQUILLITY OF MIND. 
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ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
We must confess that all our research (and 
it has been zealously pursued) has failed to 
discover the reason of this sentiment being 
connected with the Geranium. Madame de 
Stael appeared to think that this flower was 
an emblem of beautiful insensibilty ; and this 
