THE OLIVE THEE. 
BotakicaIi Name, Olea Europea. —Class, Diandria. 
Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white and odoriferous. 
Native place, Europe. 
Sentiment. 
PEACE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The Olive lias ever been consecrated to peace. 
The Dove returned to Noah with an Olive 
branch, showing that the waters were retiring 
from the earth, and that the anger of the 
Lord had ceased. Since then, Concord and 
the Graces have by the ancients been crown¬ 
ed with Olive, who also dedicated the tree 
to Minerva. 
