der to be taken for their betters. Shak-speare says, Supple kneesFeed arrogance, and are the proud mans fees. 122 FLORAL EMBLEMS. DISGUST. Frog Ophrys.—Habenaria viridis. No more shall violets linger in the dell.Or purple orchis variegate the plain. Mrs. C. Smith. From the resemblance which this… … 7 7 7 IT- FLORAL EMBLEMS. 123 DISTINCTION. Cardinals Flower.— Lobelia Cardinalis. You hold a fair assembly;You are a church-man. Shakspeare. This beautiful Mexican plant obtained thename of cardinals flower from the brightred colour of its corollas, on which accountwe place it as the symbol of…
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