124 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



DOCILITY. 



RUSH. Juncus. 



" A shaggy goat's soft hide beneath him spread, 

 And with fresh rushes heap'd an ample bed/' 



Odyssey. 



This plant., so proverbial for its pliability, 

 is the symbol of docility. 



" Soon docile to the secret acts of ill, 

 With smiles I could betray, with temper kill/ 7 



Prior. 



Those pliable minds which bend to every 

 will, are never worth a rush ! 



