FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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DIFFIDENCE. 
Cyclamen .— Cyclamen . 
As modest diffidence adds attractions to 
beauty, so does this graceful flower engage 
our notice by its unassuming carriage, for the 
cyclamen, although it expands its petals in 
an upright direction, never rears its head to 
the sun. 
We present this emblem with a hope that 
the poets will not longer remain too diffident 
to let this pretty plant escape the harmony of 
their song, since we cannot find a line to form 
a motto, or grace the floral symbol of dif¬ 
fidence. 
“ Distress makes the humble heart diffident ” 
The church has dedicated this flower to St. 
Romuald. 
