





46 AVERSION. 
AUSTERITY. 
THISTLE. 
Tus 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.—Eb. | 
eres 
AVERSION. 
THE CHINA, OR INDIAN PINK. 
Tus 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 present that 
fine mass of colour which the large umbel of 
the sweet william exhibits, and they are en- 
tirely deficient of that fragrance for which the 
pink is so much admired.’’ 
