10 G 
FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
DANGER. 
Rhododendron .— Rhododendron. 
“ O’er pine-clad hills, and dusky plains, 
In silent state rhododendron reigns. 
And spreads, in beauty’s softest blooms, 
Her purple glories through the glooms.” 
Shaw. 
These purple flowers abound in a poisonous 
honey, and have hence been made emblema¬ 
tical of the dangers that lurk about the im- 
“ Ev’n as those bees ofTrebizond,— 
Which from the sunniest flowers that clad 
With their pure smile the garden round. 
Draw venom forth that drives men mad.” 
T. Moore. 
