160 ORANGE FLOWERS.—BUTTER-CUP. 
ORANGE FLOWERS. 
These fragrant blossoms are made the emblem of chastity 
from the purity of their white petals. One of the principal 
beauties of the orange tree consists in its bearing fruit and 
flowers at the same time, as is beautifully noticed by Pope: 
Here orange trees with blossoms and pendants shine, 
And vernal honours to their autumn join; 
Exceed their promise in the ripen’d store, 
Yet in the rising blossom promise more. 
The punic granate op’d its rose-like flowers, 
The orange breathed its aromatic powers. 
SWIFT. 
BUTTER-CUPS. 
This flower, which so gaily bedecks our meadows with 
its golden petals, and enters so frequently into the sports of 
infancy, is presented as a meet emblem of childishness. 
And daisy there, and cowslip too, 
And butter-cups of golden hue, 
The children meet as soon as sought, 
And gain their wish as soon as thought; 
Who oft, I ween, the children’s way, 
Will leap the threshold’s bounds to play. 
VILLAGE MINSTREL. 
