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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
WISDOM. 
Mulberry-tree .— Morbus. 
“ And that old mulberry that shades the court 
Has been my joy from very childhood up.” 
H. Kirlce White. 
■ -“ the green leaf 
Which feeds the spinning worm.” 
Pliny observes, that the mulberry-tree was 
esteemed the wisest of all the trees, because it 
never expanded its buds until all fear of frost 
was past, and hence the origin of the emblem. 
“ Pronounce him blest, my muse, whom wisdom guides 
In her own path to her own heavenly seat; 
Through all the storms his soul securely glides, 
Nor can the tempest, nor the tides 
That rise and roar around, supplant his steady feet.” 
Watts. 
