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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
PRETENSION 
Lythrum . —Ly thrum. 
L’Estrange says, “ Men indulge those opi¬ 
nions and practices that favour their preten¬ 
sions.” 
“ But if to unjust things thou dost pretend. 
Ere they begin, let thy pretensions end.” 
Denham . 
PRIDE. 
Amaryllis. — Amaryllis. 
“ In all the liveries deck’d of summer’s pride.” 
Milton. 
The splendour of these flowers has caused 
them to be made the emblem of pride. 
