FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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VICE. 
Darnel, or Ray-grass.— Lolium. 
“No fruitful crop the sickly fields return ; 
But oats and darnel choak the rising corn.” 
Dry den. 
This degenerated species of corn frequently 
springs up to the injury of the crops, as vice 
will rear its head in the midst of virtue, for 
“No vice so simple, but assumes 
Some mark of virtue on its outward parts.” 
Shakspeare. 
