THE ORANGE FLOWER. 
Botanical Name, Citrus aurantium. —Class, Polyadel- 
phia. —Order, Polyandria. — Flowers, white, rather in¬ 
clining to yeHow .—Native place, Asia. 
Sentiment. 
CHASTITY. 
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ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
In France it is customary for ladies to wear 
a wreath of Orange Flowers; and formerly 
an unchaste woman was deprived of this 
ornament upon her wedding day. This cus¬ 
tom, even now, exists in the suburbs of 
Paris; popular opinion has, therefore, conse¬ 
crated this flower to chastity. 
