FLORAL EMBLEMS. 231 



PATIENCE. 



PATIENCE DOCK. Rumex patientia. 



" Aux malheurex, la patience." 



Malccuvre. 



tl Have patience." 



This emblem is derived from the specific 

 name of the plant, which is also frequently 

 called monk's rhubarb, it being often used by 

 them of old both as a pot-herb and a medici- 

 nal plant. Mortimer says, 



" Patience, an herb, makes a good boiled salad." 



