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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
PRIVET. 
PnOHIBITIOIf. 
“ Why;” said the young mother of a family one 
day to the venerable village pastor, “ why did you 
not plant a strong quickset hedge round your gar¬ 
den, instead of this weak hedge of flowering privet 1” 
The benevolent minister replied : _ « When you 
forbid your child a hurtful pleasure, the prohibition 
IS sweetened by an affectionate smile, by a kind 
look; and, if he is refractory, a mother’s hand imme¬ 
diately offers some plaything to pacify him. In 
hke manner, the pastor’s hedge, while it keeps off 
intruders, should not hurt any one, but offer flowers 
even to those whom it repels. 
