28 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



or brake, to which a leaflet may be added to 

 increase the number of thousands, in the 

 same manner as the hundreds. Thus any 

 given number may be explained, or the date 

 of the year formed by foliage, as is shewn in 

 the emblematical British Ewer, on which is 

 pictured the date of his majesty's birth. 



Thus plate may be embossed or engraved, 

 and china painted or enamelled, so as to com- 

 memorate any event by ornamental emblems. 



In representing sums of money, the pounds 

 are to be expressed by round leaflets, the 

 shillings by oval, and the pence by long 

 pointed leaves. 



