290 
Rest 
tinous plant, whicl 








LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
the emblem of reserve, because its flowers 
are late in opening and slow to fall. 
yrANcE, Tremella Nostoc. 
has much e 
This 
1s 
A 
attention of men of science, but 
escaped their researches. It was in hi 
with the alchymists of old,who, fide the vulgar 
of the present day, consider 
substance of what 
and employed it as 
compose the eee 
versal panacea. 
ed it 
ea it 
1itherto 
hip repute 
to be the 
are meee falling stars, 
h in their attempts to 
stone and a uni- 
Other sages have regarded 
this gelatine as matter cast up by hawks 
after eating frogs; and others, again, have 
supposed it to be a real animal. 
however, that, as if to e 
It appears, 
£ 
ape their investiga- 
tions, this plant and several more of the same 
nature mutually transform thems 
into another. 
gardens and in meadows. 
rainy nights, it has been observed to cover 
the ground completely in certain spots; but 
elves one 
It is found in the alleys of 
After cool and 
a few hours’ sunshine causes it to disappear. 
In short, nothing positive is yet known con- 
cerning the Tremella, which continues to be 
a. secret of Nature. 


























Resoul 
pion 
and ( 
in gt 
‘aa 
MICHEE 
Wises 
MAL 
ofth 
of th 
