282 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
cars. The king's barber saw them, and, unable 
to keep the secret, buried it at the foot of a cluster 
of Bulrushes. These reeds, shaken by the wind, 
continually murmured, King Midas has ass's 
ears. 
Infidelity, Yellow Rose. It is well known that 
yellow is the colour of false as well as of jealous 
people. The Yellow Rose seems also to be their 
flower. Injured by wet, scorched by the sun, this 
scentless rose, which profits neither by attention 
nor liberty, seems to thrive only under restraint. 
When you would see it in perfection, you must 
bend down its buds towards the ground, and 
keep ihem by force in that position. 
Ingenuity, Pencilled-leaf Geranium. When we 
compare the works of God with those of man, 
how trifling the latter appear ! Take a piece of 
the finest lawn, look at it through a glass, and it 
appears like canvas : take, on the other hand, 
the meanest of the Almighty's works, and the 
more you examine it the greater harmony and 
symmetry you will find. '\ he pencilled-leaf 
Geranium to the negligent and careless observer 
appears a simple flower ; but examine it closely, 
