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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
SNARE. 
Dragon Plant. — Arum dracunculus. 
“ Oh ! wander not where dragon Arum show’rs 
Her baleful dews, and twines her purple flowers. 
Lest round thy neck she throw her snaring arms, 
Sa]j thy life’s blood, and riot on thy charms. 
Her shining berry, as the ruby bright. 
Might please thy taste, and tempt thy eager sight. 
Trust not this specious veil; beneath its guise. 
In honey’d streams, a fatal poison lies.” 
Mrs. F. A. Rowden. 
The above lines were penned to caution 
children against the dangers of this beautiful 
vegetable production. But as children of a 
full growth are frequently entangled, we shall 
caution them in the words of Dryden, who 
says, 
“ The spreading snare for all mankind is laid. 
And lovers all betray, or are betray’d.” 
