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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
CALM REPOSE. 
Buckbean .— Menyanthes. 
“ Every pilot 
Can steer the ship in calms ; but he performs 
The skilful part, can manage it in storms.” 
Denham. 
This aquatic plant, avoiding the rapid 
streams, seeks recesses where the unruffled wa¬ 
ters will allow its flowers to float in calm repose. 
“ Th’ hour 
Of night, and of all things now retir’d to rest. 
Mind us of like repose.” 
Milton. 
CALUMNY. 
Madder .—Rubia tinctorum . 
“ Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow. 
Thou shalt not escape calumny.” 
Shakspeare. 
This plant, that is so essential to dyers and 
calico-printers, is made the emblem of ca- 
