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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
ARDOUR. 
Cuckow-pint.— Arum maculatum. 
“ Voyez, 6 prodige etonnant! 
L’Arum, qu’ admire l’ltalie, 
Si le naeud de l’hymen la lie. 
Lancer, de son spadix brulant, 
Un feu bien plus etincelant 
Qu 5 a toute autre heure de sa vie.” 
The phenomenon which this plant displays 
at the period of impregnation, determined the 
poets to make it the emblem of ardour. 
ARGUMENT. 
Fig.— Ficus. 
“ Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig.” 
Thompson. 
This emblem is derived from the circum¬ 
stance of Cato’s taking a fig in his hand, when 
he stimulated the Roman senators to declare 
