FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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EMBLEMATICAL LEAVES FOR EACH 
DAY OF THE WEEK. 
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The emblems of days are portrayed on a 
single leaf, that they may be more readily dis¬ 
tinguished from the numerical leaflets, and 
the monthly symbolical garlands. 
The idea of representing the days, is from 
the creation, as described by Moses, who in¬ 
structs us 
“ In the beginning how the heaven and earth 
Rose out of Chaos.” 
Milton. 
MONDAY. 
The emblematical leaf of this day, is that 
of the lotus or water lily, Nymphcea , equally 
divided by light and darkness. The lotus leaf 
