FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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LEAFLET NUMBERS. 
The numerical emblems are simply distin¬ 
guished by leaflets as far as eleven. From 
eleven to twenty they are denoted by berries 
added to the tenth leaf. Twenty to a hundred 
is represented by joining a compound leaf to 
the tenth, which expresses two tens, and any 
odd number is formed by the addition of 
berries; thus three tens and five berries de¬ 
note the number 35. 
A hundred is represented on the same 
principle by ten tens, and which may be in¬ 
creased by a third leaflet and a branch of 
berries as far as 999- A thousand is dis¬ 
tinguished by a frond of fern or brake, to 
which a leaflet may be added to increase the 
number of thousands, in the same manner as 
