ORNAMENT. 
207 
OBSTACLE. 
REST HARROW. 
This is called ononis, from onos, an ass, 
because asses only feed upon this prickly 
plant. “ It was formerly very troublesome in 
corn fields, on account of its long ligneous 
roots obstructing the progress of the plough, 
and its thorny branches the harrow;” and 
on this account it has been made the emblem 
of obstacle ; “ but in all properly Cultivated 
lands the plant has disappeared.” 
ORNAMENT. 
HORNBEAM. 
The introduction of so many exotic shrubs 
and trees within the last century has banished 
some of our native plants from the grove, 
while fashion has entirely removed the horn¬ 
beam, of which the labyrinth, the maze, the 
alleys, the verdant galleries, arcades, porti¬ 
coes, and arches of our forefathers were made. 
The French have made it the emblem of 
ornament, from the splendid effect produced 
