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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Docility, Rush. It is a proverbial saying, as sup¬ 
ple as a Rush. 
Do Me Justice, Chesnut-tree. Chesnuts are in¬ 
closed, two, three, or four, together, in one 
green husk, armed with numerous spikes. 
Those who are not acquainted with the tree 
disregard the fruit on account of its rough 
appearance. 
Durability , Cornel cherry tree. Page 245. 
, Elegance , Rose Acacia. The art of the toilet 
cannot produce anything fresher or more 
elegant than the attire of this pretty shrub. 
Its drooping branches, its gay green, its beau¬ 
tiful bunches of pink flowers, resembling bows 
of ribands, all give it the appearance of a 
fashionable female in her ball-dress. 
Elevation, Fir-tree. The Fir delights in cold 
. regions, and grows there to a prodigious 
height. 
Eloquence, Lotus. The Egyptians consecrated 
the flower of the Lotus to the Sun, the god 
of eloquence. This flowjer closes and sinks 
into the water at sunset, rising from it and 
opening again as soon as the brilliant lumi- 
