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Infidelity , Yellow Rose. It is well known that 
yellow is the colour of false as well as of 
jealous people. The Yellow Rose seems also 
to be their flower. Injured by wet, scorched 
by the sun, this scentless rose, which profits 
neither by attention nor liberty, seems to 
thrive only under restraint. When you would 
see it in perfection, you must bend down its 
buds towards the ground, and keep them by 
force in that position. 
Ingenuity, Pencilled-leaf Geranium. When 
we compare the works of God with those of 
man, how trifling the latter appear ! Take a 
piece of the finest lawn, look at it through a 
glass, and it appears like canvass: take, on 
the other hand, the meanest of the Almighty’s 
works, and the more you examine it the 
greater harmony and symmetry you will find. 
The pencilled-leaf Geranium to the negligent 
and careless observer appears a simple flower; 
but examine it closely, mark the pink veins 
that meander in every direction over its leaves, 
sometimes so delicate as to be scarcely visible; 
study it well, and the more you do so the 
more beautiful it will appear: and learn thence 
