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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
COMPLAISANCE. 
Common Reed. — Arundo phragmites. 
“ Mincius, with wreaths of reeds his forehead cover’d o’er.’ 1 
jEneis. 
This grass of the rivers, which bends so rea¬ 
dily with the current, is made the type of a 
pliant disposition: 
“ Pliant and warm may still her heart remain. 
Soft to the print, but ne’er turn hard again.” 
A dried reed is symbolical of a shrill scold¬ 
ing voice. 
“ I’ll speak between the change of man and boy 
With a reed voice.” 
Shakspeare. 
