. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. 401. per 100 ; 10 to 12 feet, i2i. per dozen. EUONYMUS—radicans argenteus variegatus, a very usefulplant for edges to winter beds, 3 to 4 in., -zs. per doz.,12s. per 100 ; 4 to 6 in,, 3^. per doz., ii>s. per —(Sambucus nicra) variegated : a beautifully varie-gated plant, which thrives close up to the sea ; 6s. perdozen, 405. per 100.„ cut-leaved—a handsome laciniated form, and, like otherElders, extremely useful for ornamental planting closeto the sea. 6^. per dozen, 405. per slight
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. 401. per 100 ; 10 to 12 feet, i2i. per dozen. EUONYMUS—radicans argenteus variegatus, a very usefulplant for edges to winter beds, 3 to 4 in., -zs. per doz.,12s. per 100 ; 4 to 6 in,, 3^. per doz., ii>s. per —(Sambucus nicra) variegated : a beautifully varie-gated plant, which thrives close up to the sea ; 6s. perdozen, 405. per 100.„ cut-leaved—a handsome laciniated form, and, like otherElders, extremely useful for ornamental planting closeto the sea. 6^. per dozen, 405. per slight extra charge must in most cases be made for cash in payment of goods is sent with the order, theamount iot package may be forwarded in stamps a/Ur goods. All tiie above prices are subject to the discountsnamed at head. THE GENERAL AUTUMN LIST ?will be forwarded Gratis and Post-freeto all applicants. Post-oflice Orders should be made payable to EWINGAND CO., at Eaton, near Norwich. Cheques crossed GURNEYAND CO., Norwich. Trade Terms on THE SATURDAY, DECEMBER lo, 1881. PLANT-EMBLEMS. FROM the earnest ages the custom hasprevailed of employing plants as emblemsand devices. yEschylus described this kind ofblazonry of the chieftains at the siege of Thebes,with great minuteness. Its proofs have beenfound among the oldest relics of the races of theNile as well as beneath the mounds of symbol of Ceres was an ear of corn, thatof the house of Israel was a Palm of thedesert, Assyria took the Cedar of Lebanon asher symbol, Egypt the Lotus and Papyrus. TheMoorish kings of Grenada selected for theirdevice the Pomegranate, which Henry , with the motto Sour yet Sweet,meaning that a kings severity should bemingled with mildness. Katherine of Arragon,first wife of our Henry VIII., derived thesame emblem from her ancestors, and abank of mingled Roses and Pomegranates ata court masque typified the union of Spain andEnglan
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