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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
REFUSAL. 
Striped Pink, or Carnation.— Dianthus. 
“ With hues on hues.” 
Thomson. 
-“ and streak’d gillyflowers. 
Which some call, nature’s bastards : of that kind 
Our rustic garden’s barren; and I care not 
To get slips of them.” 
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“ For I have heard it said. 
There is an art, in their piedness, shares 
With great creating nature.” 
Shakspeare. 
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Ladies should think seriously before they 
present this emblem to their suitors. Garth 
says, 
“ Women are made as they themselves would choose ; 
Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse.” 
