FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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DURABILITY. 
Dogwood, or Cornel Tree.— Cornus. 
- “ His cornel spear 
Ulysses wav’d, to rouse the savage war.” 
Odyssey. 
The firm and lasting- nature of this wood 
has caused it to be made the type of duration. 
“ Fix’d in the wood th’ Italian cornel stood.” 
JEneis. 
