FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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CHEERFULNESS UNDER ADVERSITY 
Chinese Chrysanthemum. 
Ch njsanthemurn Indicum . 
“ A merry heart doth good like a medicine; but a broken 
spirit drieth the bones.” Proverbs xvii. 22. 
Cheerfulness is the best shield that can be 
found to lighten the strokes of adversity. 
This flower, that gives so much cheerfulness 
to the parterre, when nearly all the other chil¬ 
dren of Flora have withdrawn their smiles, 
is presented as the emblem of this enviable 
disposition. 
