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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
CONFIDENCE. 
IIepatica, or Noble Liver Wort. —Anemone Hepatica. 
“ Here blushing Flora paints th’ enamell’d ground. 
Where frosts have whiten’d all the naked groves.” 
Pope. 
This beautiful little flower is made the em¬ 
blem of confidence, because it dares the rigours 
of the season. 
“ Say, lovely gem, why dost thou come 
So early in the year ? 
When no flowers beside thee bloom. 
And through the clouds and winter’s gloom, 
The sun-beams scarce appear.” 
CONJUGAL FIDELITY. 
Lime, or Linden Tree. — Tilia. 
“ And the lime at eve 
Diffusing odours.” 
Cowper. 
It is not easy to surmise why the linden 
tree is made the representative of this blessing. 
