FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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DANGEROUS INSINUATION. 
Great Bindweed. —Convolvulus Sepium. 
“ Regardez : ce beau liseron 
Desine sa lege re cloche 
A travers cet epais buisson 
Dont 1’ epine defend Y approche.” 
We have added this attractive wild flower, 
and its entwining' branch to the hieroglyphi- 
cal language of flowers, as the emblem of a 
dangerous insinuation, because when once 
permitted into the parterre it cannot easily 
be eradicated, and frequently causes destruc¬ 
tion to its neighbouring plants. 
Hooker observes “ There is no particular 
evil which hath not some appearance of good¬ 
ness, whereby to insinuate itself.” 
