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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
The Greek name of this plant signifies 
splendour ; and the heauty of the flower ren¬ 
ders it appropriate as the emblem of pride. 
“ Pride was not made for men ; a conscious sense 
Of guilt, and folly, and their consequence. 
Destroys the claim; and to beholders tells— 
Here, nothing but the shape of manhood dwells!” 
Walter . 
PROFIT. 
Cabbage .— Biassica. 
“ That herb, which o’er the whole terrestrial globe 
Doth flourish, and in great abundance yields 
To low plebeian, and the haughty king, 
In winter, cabbage ; and green sprouts in spring.” 
Columella. 
In the mercantile world, the greatest profit 
generally arises out of articles of necessity, or 
such as habit has brought into general de¬ 
mand ; and but few if any culinary vegeta- 
