FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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PLEASURES OF MEMORY. 
Periwinkle.— Vinca. 
“ Come Memory, and with me go ! 
Each lovely flower that breathes the spring 
Affection’s gentle hand shall strew.” 
D odd. 
The admirers of Rousseau held this flower 
as the symbol of the pleasures of memory, be¬ 
cause its appearance recalled the poet’s mind 
back to former friendships. 
“ Companions of the youthful scene, 
Endear’d from earliest days ! 
With whom I sported on the green, 
Or rov’d the woodland maze !” 
Logan. 
Too many of us naturally exclaim in the 
words of Goldsmith, 
“ Oh Memory, thou fond deceiver. 
Still importunate and vain; 
To former joys recurring ever. 
And turning all the past to pain.” 
