FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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SEVERITY, OR RIGOUR. 
Branch of Thorns. 
“ Thoms and thistles shall it bring forth.” 
“ Spare the rod and spoil the child,” is a 
proverb happily gone out of favour, since it 
has been so generally known that birch ma¬ 
nure produces those sour and obstinate weeds 
that destroy the fair flowers from which we 
might otherwise have expected agreeable fruit. 
SLEEP OF THE HEART. 
White Poppy. —Papaver Somniforum. 
“ From the poppy I have ta’en 
Mortal’s balm, and mortal’s bane ! 
Juice, that creeping through the heart. 
Deadens ev’ry sense of smart.” 
Mrs . M. Robinson. 
This somniferous plant, which mitigates 
pain, damps also the energies of the mind. 
