GOLDEN-ROD. 401 



We do not find this plant noticed in the hiero- 

 glyphics of floral language, and have therefore 

 placed it as tlie emblem of precaution, since 

 nature seems to have guarded the nectar con- 

 tained in these little flowrets by enveloping them 

 in a silky down, by which they are shielded from 

 the ravages of the bee. 



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