FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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thus runs from branch to branch, or from 
post to pillar, to exhibit its floral cup and 
saucer, the symbol of innocent chit-chat, as 
well as the emblem of venomous scandal. 
The most dangerous gossips are those who 
- “ Fawn on men, and hug them hard. 
And after, scandal them.” 
Shakspeare . 
GRACE. 
Hundred-leaved Rose.— Rosa centifolia. 
This is the rose with which painters choose 
to represent Love and Hymen; but, why it 
is selected from amongst the roses as the em¬ 
blem of Grace we know not, since the regu¬ 
larity by which its petals are placed, renders 
it less graceful than several other roses. 
