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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
touch, all the stamina fold round the pistil. 
Thus this tree exhibits all the different charac¬ 
ters of ill-tempered persons. 
Spell, Circaja or Enchanters’ Nightshade. 
This plant, as its name intimates, is famous 
in magical incantations. Its flower is rose- 
coloured, streaked with purple. It is found 
in damp, shady situations: and is fond of 
growing upon the ruins ,^f buildings and 
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Stoicistii, Box-tree. The Box is fond of the 
shade: it is an evergreen, enduring cold and 
heat, requiring little care, and flourishing for 
many years. 
Stratagem, Walnut. The city of Amiens was 
taken by the Spaniards, in 1599, by a singu¬ 
lar stratagem. Some soldiers, disguised as 
countrymen, came up to the gate with a cart¬ 
load of Walnuts. Here they untied one of the 
sacks containing the nuts ; the latter fell out, 
as soon as the gate was opened and the cart 
began to move, and, w’hile the guards were 
busy picking them up, a body of Spaniards, 
who were in ambush, fell upon them, and made 
themselves masters of the city. 
