FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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DECEITFUL HOPE. 
Daffodil.— Narcissus Pseudo. 
“ When early primroses appear. 
And vales are deck’d with daffodils, 
I hail the new reviving year. 
And soothing hope my bosom fills.” 
Williams. 
Fable tells us that Proserpine was gather¬ 
ing daffodils when seized by Pluto. 
“ Sweet hope ! kind cheat! fair fallacy by thee 
We are not where or what we be ; 
But what and where we would be ; thus art thou 
Our absent presence, and our future now.” 
Crashaw. 
In the Romish church, this flower is dedi¬ 
cated to St. Perpetua. The Petticoat Daffo¬ 
dil, Narcissus Bulbocodium, is dedicated to 
St. Catherine; and the Nodding Daffodil, 
Narcissus nutans, to St. Julian. 
