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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
FORESIGHT. 
Holly.— Ilex. 
“ Fairest blossoms drop with ev’ry blast ; 
But the brown beauty will like hollies last.” 
Gay. 
The holly or holm is made the emblem of 
foresight, because nature protects it with 
thorny leaves, until it reaches above the bite 
of cattle, when the leaves shine without a 
prickle. 
Rogers observes, “ Difficulties and tempta¬ 
tions will more easily be borne—or avoided, if 
with prudent foresight we arm ourselves 
against them.” 
