2G4 LANGUAGE OF FLOATERS. 
Docility, Rush. It is a proverbial saying, as 
supple as a Rush. 
Do Me Justice, Cliesnut-tree. Chesnuts are 
enclosed, tivo, three, or four, together, in one 
green husk, armed Avith numerous spikes. 
Those Avho are not acquainted Avith the tree 
disregard the fruit on account of its rough 
appearance. 
Durability, Cornel Cherry-tree. Page 239. 
Elegance, Rose Acacia. The art of the toilet 
cannot produce anything fresher or more 
elegant than the attire of this pretty shruh. 
Its drooping branches, its gay green, its beau¬ 
tiful bunches of pink floivers, resembling bovrs 
of ribands, all give it the appearance of a 
fashionable female in her hall dress. 
Elevation, Fir-tree. The Fir delights in cold 
regions, and groivs there to a prodigious 
height. 
Eloquence, Lotas. The Egyptians consecrated 
the floAver of the Lotus to the Sun, the god 
of eloquence. This floAver closes and sinks 
into the Avater at sunset, rising from it and 
opening again as soon as the brilliant lumi- 
