94 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



COMPLAISANCE. 



COMMON REED. Arundo phragmites. 



" Mincius, with wreaths of reeds his forehead cover'd o'er." 



Mneis. 



This grass of the rivers, which bends so rea- 

 dily with the current, is made the type of a 

 pliant disposition : 



*' Pliant and warm may still her heart remain, 

 Soft to the print, but ne'er turn hard again." 



A dried reed is symbolical of a shrill scold- 

 ing voice. 



" I'll speak between the change of man and boy 

 With a reed voice." 



Shakspeare. 



