270 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Such a present may be of little intrinsic value, 
but it is always a proof of amiable and delicate 
attention. 
Game, Play, Hyacinth. This flower, so celebrated 
in the songs of the poets, from the time of Homer 
to the present day, is made hieroglyphical of play, 
because a youth named Hyacinthus was killed, 
while playing with Apollo, by a quoit, which the 
jealous Zephyr blew upon him. Apollo, unable 
to recal his favourite to life, changed him into 
the flower which bears his name. 
Generosity, Orange-tree. The Orange-tree is covered 
at one and the same time with flowers, fruit, and 
foliage. It is a generous friend, which is con- 
tinually lavishing kindness upon us. 
Genius, Plane-tree. The Portico at Athens was 
surrounded by long avenues of majestic Plane- 
trees. The Greeks paid a kind of worship to 
those beautiful trees, and consecrated them to 
genius and intellectual pleasures. 
Girl, JRosebud. A young girl is a rose still in 
bud. 
Glory, Laurel. Page 247. 
Good Education, Cherry-tree. It is generally be- 
lieved that the Cherry-tree was brought from 
