FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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WAR. 
Common Milfoil, or Yarrow.— Achillea Millefolium. 
- “ War’s a game, which were their subjects wise, 
Kings would not play at.” 
Cowper. 
The ancients named this plant after Achil¬ 
les, the celebrated Grecian hero, on which ac¬ 
count it has been made the emblem of war. 
-- “ O War, what art thou ? 
After the brightest conquests, what remains 
Of all thy glories ? For the vanquish’d—chains : 
For the proud victor—what ? Alas ! to rein'll 
O’er desolated nations.” 
Hannah More. 
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