FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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Addison remarks, that “ instability of tem¬ 
per ought to be checked, when it disposes 
men to wander from one scheme of govern¬ 
ment to another; such a fickleness cannot 
but be fatal to any country/’— Freeholder. 
INTOXICATED WITH PLEASURE. 
Peruvian Heliotrope.— Heliotropium peravianum. 
“ Qui voit ta fleur en boira le poison: 
Elle a donne des sens a la sagesses, 
Et des desirs a la froide raison.” 
Bernis. 
Jessieu says, he was intoxicated with de¬ 
light when first he discovered this fragrant 
flower on the mountains of the Cordilleras. 
When first introduced to France, no vase was 
thought too expensive or precious for the 
growth of this odorous plant. 
