FLORAL EMBLEMS. 127 



DURABILITY. 



Dogwood, or Cornel Tree. — Cornus. 



" His cornel spear 



Ulysses wav'd, to rouse the savage war." 



Odyssey. 



The firm and lasting nature of this wood 

 has caused it to be made the type of duration. 



" Fix'd in the wood th' Italian cornel stood." 



JEneis. 



