FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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BLACKNESS. 
Ebony .— ■ Diospyros Eben um . 
“ Oft by the winds extinct the signal lies. 
Ere night has half roll’d round her ebon throne.” 
Gay. 
-“ Black as ebony! 
She abated me of half my train ; 
Look’d black upon me.” 
King Lear.. 
BLUNTNESS OR ROUGHNESS OF 
MANNERS. 
Borage .—Bor ago. 
“ Ego borago gaudia semper ago.” 
This stimulating' plant, has its stalks and 
leaves covered with a rough hairy substance, 
and is therefore chosen for this emblem. Pope 
says, 
“ ’Tis not enough your counsel still be true : 
Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.” 
