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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
PERFECT GOODNESS. 
Strawberry .— Fragaria. 
“ Content with food which nature freely bred, 
On wildings and strawberries they fed.” 
Dry den. 
This agreeable and wholesome fruit is made 
the symbol of perfect goodness, from its fra¬ 
grance, flavour, and inoffensive qualities 
Shakspeare says, 
“ The strawberry grows underneath the nettle; 
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best. 
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.” 
