FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
187 
INGRATITUDE. 
Yellow Gentian.— Gentiana lutea. 
% 
The strictest care and the greatest art of 
the florist is seldom sufficient to make this 
plant thrive in the parterre; on which account 
the emblem has been devised. 
“ Ingratitude ! thou marble-hearted fiend. 
More hideous, when thou sliow’st thee in a child. 
Than the sea monster .”—King Lear. 
Crowfoot .— Wild Ranunculus. 
“ And the crow-flowers, golden-hued.” 
“ Ingratitude’s a weed of every clime. 
It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.” 
Garth. 
This emblem of ingratitude insinuates itself 
into pastures, and destroys the flocks by its 
secret poison. 
“ Ce job bouton satine, 
Qui sourit commc l’innocence, 
Recele un sue empoisonne 
Et souvent blesse l’imprudencc.” 
