LUCERN. 



and preserving them from a flood which covered the low- 

 land. There also was a temple of Zeus, of which he made 

 his hosts the guardians. He allowed them to die at the 

 same moment, and changed them into trees, Baucis into a 

 Lime, as supposed, and Philemon into an Oak, hence the 

 Lime is the emblem of Conjugal Love. 



Beauty, grace, simplicity, extreme gentleness, have ever 

 been regarded as indispensable qualities in a loving wife. 

 All these we may find symbolized in the Linden Tree. 

 Every Spring it clothes itself with foliage of a pale green. 

 Its flowers are very odoriferous, and supply an abundance 

 of honey to the bee, which is always buzzing amongst its 

 branches. An infusion of its flowers is deemed a most 

 valuable beverage in some cases of sickness. Its wood is 

 turned into bowls, dishes, and doctor's boxes. Its twigs 

 make baskets and cradles. Its bark furnished writing tablets. 

 Shoemakers use it for cutting leather upon. The most 

 elegant use to which it is applied is wood-carving. St. Paul's 

 Cathedral ; Chatsworth ; Trinity College, Cambridge ; and 

 many other famous structures are ornamented by its means. 

 Its services ,are so great that it well represents ' the good 

 wife, whose hand is ever busy, and whose mind is capable 

 of directing it, so as to render home happy. 



LUCERN {Medicago sativa). — LiFE. 



LuCERN grows in the same spot for a long time, but 

 when it leaves it, it is for ever. On this account it has 

 been made the emblem of life. Nothing is more pleasing to 



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