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Generosity, Orange-tree. The Orange-tree is 
covered, at one and the same time with 
flowers, fruit, and foliage. It is a generous 
friend, which is continually lavishing kind¬ 
ness upon us. 
Genius, Plane-tree. The Portico at Athens was 
surrounded by long avenues of majestic Plane- 
trees. The Greeks paid a kind of worship 
to those beautiful trees, and consecrated them 
to genius and intellectual pleasures. 
Girl, Rosebud. A young girl is a rose still in 
bud. 
Glory, Laurel. Page 241. 
Good Education, Cherry-tree. It is generally 
believed that the Cherry-tree was brought 
from Cerasonte, a town in the kingdom ot 
Pontus, to Rome, by Lucullus. It is not the 
less true, however, that our woods have al¬ 
ways produced several species of wild cherry, 
which require nothing but careful cultivation 
to change their harsh, sour berries into that 
delicious fruit which is an ornament to our 
gardens and our desserts, and a favourite 
with young and old. 
Grace, Hundred-leaved Rose. When the Graces 
