







264 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Docirrry, Rush. It isa proverbial saying, as 
supple as a Rush. 
Do Mer Jusricr, Chesnut-tree. Chesnuts are 
enclosed, two, three, or four, together, in one 
green husk, armed with numerous spikes. 
Those who are not acquainted with the tree 
disregard the fruit on account of its rough 
appearance. 
DuraBriry, Cornel Cherry-tree. Page 239. 
Enecance, Rose Acacia. The art of the toilet 
cannot produce anything fresher or more 
elegant than the attire of this pretty shrub. 
Its drooping branches, its gay green, its beau- 
tiful bunches of pink flowers, resembling bows 
of ribands, all give it the appearance of a 
fashionable female in her ball dress. 
ELEvation, Fir-tree. The Fir delights in cold 
regions, and grows there to a prodigious 
height. 
E1oguEnce, Lotus. The Egyptians consecrated 
the flower of the Lotus to the Sun, the god 
of eloquence. This flower closes and sinks 
into the water at sunset, rising from it and 
opening again as soon as the brilliant lumi- 
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