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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
prosperous people, flushed with great suc¬ 
cesses, are seldom so pious, so humble, so 
just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their 
happiness.” 
Dryden says. 
“ Some men, instructed by the lab’ring ant. 
Provide against th’ extremities of want.” 
The use of trefoil in armorial bearings is of 
great antiquity. The Dutch clover. Trifolium 
repens , is dedicated to St. Patrick, it being 
the shamrock of the Irish. 
