FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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CHASTITY. 
Orange Flowers. —Citrus Aurantium. 
“ The punic granate op’d its rose-like flow’rs. 
The orange breath’d its aromatic pow’rs.” 
Swift. 
These fragrant blossoms are made the em¬ 
blem of chastity from the purity of their 
white petals. One of the principal beauties 
of the orange tree consists in its bearing fruit 
and flowers at the same time, as is beautifully 
noticed by Pope: 
“ Here orange trees with blossoms and pendants shine. 
And vernal honours to their autumn join ; 
Exceed their promise in the ripen’d store. 
Yet in the rising blossom promise more.” 
Chastity is also represented by a branch of 
the shrub called Chaste tree. Vitcx , or Agnus 
Cashes. 
-Diana, goddess of chastity, 
And, for because that she a maiden is. 
