FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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ADROITNESS. 
Spider Ophrys. — Ophrys aranifera. 
“ The spider’s touch, how exquisitely fine ! 
Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.” 
Pope. 
This flower is made emblematical of adroit¬ 
ness or skilfulness, in allusion to the insect it 
resembles. 
AFTERTHOUGHT. 
Catesby’s Star-wort. —Aster grandiflorus. 
This North American plant has been made 
to represent afterthought, because it sends 
forth its dowel's in the month of November, 
when most others have disappeared. 
