FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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this flower has been fostered by man, nature 
has allowed art to enrich its hues, and di¬ 
versify its varieties, almost without end. 
Painting is a dialect that speaks intelligibly 
alike to all the globe. 
“ Their pow’rful language to no realm 
Or region is confin’d 5 
’Tis nature’s voice, and understood 
Alike by all mankind.” 
Psalm xix. 3. New Vers. 
PARTICIPATION, OR, I PARTAKE 
YOUR SENTIMENTS. 
Double Daisy.— Beilis hortus. 
The cultivated daisy is made the emblem of 
participation, because its multiplied petals all 
partake of one receptacle. Hooker observes, 
that “ Civil society doth more content the 
nature of man, than any private kind of soli¬ 
tary living; because in society, this good of 
mutual participation is so much larger.” 
