FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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SOURNESS. 
Barberry.— Barberis vulgaris. 
“ Sullen and sour, with discontented mein, 
Jocasta frown’d.” 
Pope. 
This acid fruit with its sour leaves, is em¬ 
blematical of the temper that is soured by 
peevish asperity. 
Too great a propensity to seriousness, is apt 
to engender sourness. 
SPLENDOUR. 
Scarlet Nasturtium.— Thopceolum. 
This Peruvian plant, which wears the gay 
livery of the worshippers of the Sun, has, 
