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Letter U

The Catholic Language of Flowers

Upas, or Poison-Tree,—Vice

(Antiaris toxicaria: Nat. Order, Urticaceæ)

The baneful Upas may well be compared to vice, which, by its alluring arts, draws many to repose under its branches, and then, instilling its poison into their hearts, leaves them to die.