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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
Thine are the ample views, that unconfin’d 
Stretch to the utmost walks of human kind ; 
Thine is the spirit that with widest plan 
Brother to brother binds, and man to man !” 
Bowles . 
CHASTE LOVE. 
Acacia. — Robinia Pseudacacia. 
“ Light-leaved acacias, and the shady plain. 
And spreading cedar, grace the woodland reign.” 
The beautiful blossoms of this North Ame¬ 
rican tree are made the emblem of chaste love, 
because the young Americans declare their 
first passion by presenting a branch of these 
papilionacious flowers to those whom Cupid 
directs their choice. 
“ Ev’n here, where frozen chastity retires. 
Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.” 
Pope. 
