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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
DOCILITY. 
Rush. —J uncus. 
“ A shaggy goat’s soft hide beneath him spread. 
And with fresh rushes heap’d an ample bed.” 
Odyssey. 
This plant, so proverbial for its pliability, 
is the symbol of docility. 
“ Soon docile to the secret acts of ill. 
With smiles I could betray, with temper kill.” 
Prior. 
Those pliable minds which bend to every 
will, are never worth a rush ! 
