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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
SURPRISE. 
B kto n v.— Betonica, 
“ He has as many virtues as betony.” 
This proverb is common in Spain, and 
some other countries where the betony is still 
regarded for its efficacy in curing many com¬ 
plaints. The use of this plant is, however, 
subject to give a kind of intoxication, which 
causes the patient to commit all sorts of ex¬ 
travagancies, and the leaves when dried and 
powdered into the form of snuff, produces - 
immoderate sneezing, from which cause the 
emblem has been devised. 
