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ce) 
DISCRETION, SECRECY. 
DIFFICULTY. 
BLACK THORN. 
Turis species of the plum tree, from its colour, 
and from the innumerable thorns which it pos- 
sesses, has been made the emblem of difficulty. 
In France, they have a proverb to convey the 
idea of a difficulty which compares it to a 
bundle of thorns. 
DIGNITY. 
CLOVE GILLYFLOWER. 
Tur aromatic clove came originally from the 
Molucca Islands; the inhabitants of those islands 
wear its flowers as a mark of distinction. They 
say that a chief has two, three, or four cloves, 
as we say of a distinguished nobleman, that he 
has many titles, or possesses several honours. 
wenn 
DISCRETION, SECRECY. 
MAIDEN HAIR. 
Botanists have in vain sought to find out 
the nature of this plant, which seems deter- 
mined to conceal from their learned researches 
the secret of its flowers and its fruit. It con- 




