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URICULA. . Class 5,. Order:. As all the most beautiful flowers that were known to the ancients, had been placed in the hieroglyphical language of plants, we had some difficulty in making a selection worthy of representing the delightful art of painting. But our choice has at length fallen on the “queen of the snowy Alps,” as the fittest emblem.