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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
VULGAR MINDS. 
African Marygold.— Tagetes erecta. 
“ Open afresh your round of starry folds. 
Ye ardent marigolds!” 
Keats. 
These flowers have only their gaiety to re¬ 
commend them, since their odour is more of¬ 
fensive than agreeable, and may be compared 
to those persons who depend more on their 
wardrobe than their conduct for making them¬ 
selves pleasing. We therefore present them 
as emblematical of vulgar minds. 
An attention to the mode of dress of the 
age we live in, is due to society : but to de¬ 
pend entirely on it, is valuing our understand¬ 
ing as naught. 
