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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
beauty and dispenses its odours when Philomel 
begins to warble. T. Moore says in Lalla Rookh, 
“ Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May 
Mistake her own sweet nightingale, 
And to some meaner minstrel’s lay 
Open her bosom’s glowing veil. 
Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, 
A breath of the beloved one.” 
PREFERENCE. 
Scarlet Geranium. 
“ Geranium boasts 
Her crimson honours.” 
Cowper. 
This emblem originated from the preference 
shown by florists to the cultivation of the 
-“ Genteel geranium 
With a leaf for all that come.” 
