Excerpt from Floral Emblems, or Moral Sketches From Flowers The Author of the following pages has long been exerting herself; to the utmost of her abil ities, to lead the youthful subjects of our coun try to the study of the works of Nature, on Christian principles. Were it in her power to do so, she would, as it were, baptize science, so that it might be made a useful assistant in the cultivation of the moral natures of children. With these views, she has sought in the fol lowing pages to convey important religious truths to young minds, through the medium of certain beautiful flowers indigenous to the United States, and these she has styled'clerel Emblems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.