FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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funeral of Achilles, has induced the bards to 
place it in the list of funereal flowers, and to 
make it the emblem of immortality. 
It is one of the flowers which retain their 
beauty in a dried state; and hence it is so 
frequently used in the ceremonies of the Ro¬ 
mish church, and to decorate the monuments 
of the cemetery of Pere la Chaise , the ro¬ 
mantic Grave of France.” 
IMPATIENCE. 
Balsam .—Impatiens Balsamina. 
“ Balsam, with its shaft of amber.” 
This emblem is given on account of the 
elasticity of the capsule when ripe, which darts 
out its seed the moment it is touched. The 
generic name is derived on the same ac¬ 
count. 
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