FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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RESISTANCE. 
Tansy .— Tanacetum. 
“ Before my door the box-edg’d border lies. 
Where flowers of mint, and thyme, and tansy rise.” 
Scott. 
This balsamic plant, so celebrated of old, is 
made the emblem of resistance, because it was 
supposed to act against contagion. 
Since you can love, and yet your error sec. 
The same resistless power may plead for me.” 
Dry den. 
RESTORATION. 
Peusicaria . —Polygonum Orient a l. 
“ Restore me to your favour.” 
The seeds of this Asiatic plant were pro¬ 
cured by M. Tournefort, from the garden of 
the three Churches near Mount Ararat, the 
spot on which the ark is supposed to have 
