FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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will ask, who has not felt the bitterness of 
absence ? 
“ In spring the fields, in autumn hills I love ; 
At morn the plains, at noon the shady grove; 
But Delia always : absent from her sight, 
Nor plains at morn, nor groves at noon delight.” 
Pope's Past. 
ACCOMMODATING DISPOSITION. 
Valerian .— Valeriana Rubra. 
“ Gay loosetrife there and pale Valerian spring.” 
Scott. 
This plant propagates itself with equal fa¬ 
cility in the rich borders of the parterre, or 
in the dry crevices of old walls, hence the 
emblem. It was formerly called Setewale. 
Chaucer says, 
“ Ther springen herbes grete and smale. 
The Licoris and the Setewale.” 
