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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
has the colour of a fine gold tissue wrought on a 
rose-coloured ground, and when it begins to fade 
it is pink. In full sunshine it seems to be studded 
with diamonds; but, by candle-light, the specks 
or spangles appear more like fine gold-dust: when 
the petals are somewhat withered, they assume a 
deep crimson colour. The name of these beauti¬ 
ful plants is derived from a Greek word signifying 
to shine, sparkle, flash. 
Privation, Myrobolan. This tree is not unlike the 
plum-tree, and produces a fruit having the colour 
and appearance of a beautiful cherry, but contain¬ 
ing only a juice of a disagreeable flavour, so that 
the very birds refuse to feed upon it. 
Prohibition, Privet. Page 88. 
Promptness, Ten Weeks Stock. Thisplant springs 
up very soon after it is sown, and blossoms within 
ten weeks. As the flowers are but short-lived, if 
you would enjoy them for any length of time, you 
ought to keep sowing them from March till Au¬ 
gust. Nothing can be more delightful than the 
red, white, and purple tints of these flowers, which 
give out a most fragrant smell. 
Prosperity, Beech. The beech may be considered 
as the rival of the oak for beauty of form and the 
