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Title: Floral emblems
Year: 1825 (1820s)
Authors: Phillips, Henry, 1775-1838
Subjects: Flower language Flowers in literature Emblems
Publisher: London, Saunders and Otley
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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hing to fear. Thus the expression maybe varied of almost all the flowers by changingtheir position. The flower of the marigold,for example, placed on the head, signifies trouble of spirits ; on the heart, troubleof love f on the bosom, weariness. The pansy held upright denotes heartsease ; reversed it speaks the contrary; whenpresented upright it is understood to say, think of me; but when offered pendant,it means forget me. And thus the ama-ryllis, which is the emblem of pride, may bemade to express my pride is humbled, or 26 INTRODUCTION. your pride is checked, by holding itdownwards either to the left or the right, asthe sense requires. In the same manner the wallflower, whichis made the emblem of fidelity in misfortune,if presented with the stalk upwards, wouldinsinuate that the person was considered nofriend to the unfortunate. Thus various sen-timents may be expressed by all the flowersnoticed in these emblems, but which areprincipally intended as floral mottos. Hoial Eiiil)lcmR
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jh^ JsMJnd^^ Hn^m KLOHAL l;iVlHLl:i\I.S. 27 LEAFLET NUMBERS. The numerical emblems are simply distin-guished by the leaflets as far as eleven. Fromeleven to twenty they are denoted by berriesadded to leaf ten, as in the examples 12 and14. Twenty to a hundred is represented byjoining a compound leaf to the tenth, as inthe example 20, which expresses two tens, andthe odd number is formed by the addition ofberries, as in the representation of 35, wherethree tens and five berries denote the numbei*,and 71 i^ pictured in the same manner. A hundred is represented on the sameprincipal by ten tens, and which may l)e in-,creased by a third leaflet and a branch ofberries as far as 999, as the example 508. Athousand is distinguished by a frond of fern 28 FLORAL EMBLEMS. or brake, to which a leaflet may be added toincrease the number of thousands, in thesame manner as the hundreds. Thus anygiven number may be explained, or the dateof the year formed by foliage, as is shewn inthe emblematical Brit

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