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AVERSION. 
AUSTERITY. 
THISTLE. 
This prickly, though somewhat graceful 
weed, has given its title to a Scotch order of 
knighthood. It might be said the Scotch 
order, par eminence; as it also bears the 
name of St. Andrew, the patron saint of that 
nation. The collar is of gold, interlaced with 
flowers of the thistle, and bears the following 
motto: “ Nemo me impune lacessit.” None 
shall annoy me with impunity. 
[We beg to be understood that we do not 
intend to prefer austerity as the national cha¬ 
racteristic of our northern brethren.— Ed.] 
AVERSION. 
THE CHINA, OR INDIAN PINK. 
This gaily painted flower we have taken 
from the fertile soil of the east to decorate 
our parterres. Its colours are richer than 
those of the sweet william, and it continues 
in flower for a longer period ; but “its flowers 
being placed singly on branching stems, like 
those of the common pink, they never pre¬ 
sent that fine mass of colour which the large 
umbel of the sweet william exhibits, and they 
are entirely deficient of that fragrance for 
which the pink is so much admired.” 
