As a garden plant, the Rue forms a pretty shrub for a rock-work, if somewhat attended to, so as to prevent its becoming straggling and untidy. The delicate green and peculiar shape of the leaves give it a distinctive character, which forms a good contrast to other plants.

FOOTNOTES:

[260:1]

"Rewe on my child, that of thyn gentilnesse
Rewest on every sinful in destresse."

Chaucer, The Man of Lawes Tale.

[261:1] "Ranke-smelling Rue."—Spenser, Muiopotmos.

RUSH.

(1)Rosalind.He taught me how to know a man in love; inwhich cage of Rushes I am sure you are not prisoner.
As You Like It, act iii, sc. 2 (388).
(2)Phœbe.Lean but on a Rush,
The cicatrice and capable impressure
Thy palm some moment keeps.
Ibid., act iii, sc. 5 (22).
(3)Clown.As fit as Tib's Rush for Tom's forefinger.
All's Well that Ends Well, act ii, sc. 2 (24).
(4)Romeo.Let wantons light of heart
Tickle the senseless Rushes with their heels.
Romeo and Juliet, act i, sc. 4 (35).
(5)Dromio of Syracuse.Some devils ask but the parings of one's nail,
A Rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin,
A Nut, a Cherry-stone.
Comedy of Errors, act iv, sc. 3 (72).
(6)Bastard.A Rush will be a beam
To hang thee on.
King John, act iv, sc. 3 (129).
(7)1st Groom.More Rushes, more Rushes.
2nd Henry IV, act v, sc. 5 (1).
(8)Eros.He's walking in the garden—thus; and spurns
The Rush that lies before him.
Antony and Cleopatra, act iii, sc. 5 (17).
(9)Othello.Man but a Rush against Othello's breast,
And he retires.
Othello, act v, sc. 2 (270).
(10)Grumio.Is supper ready, the house trimmed, Rushesstrewed, cobwebs swept?
Taming of the Shrew, act iv, sc. 1 (47).
(11)Katherine.Be it moon or sun, or what you please,
And if you please to call it a Rush-candle,
Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me.
Ibid., act iv, sc. 5 (13).
(12)Glendower.She bids you on the wanton Rushes lay you down,
And rest your gentle head upon her lap.
1st Henry IV, act iii, sc. 1 (214).
(13)Marcius.He that depends
Upon your favours swims with fins of lead
And hews down Oaks with Rushes.
Coriolanus, act i, sc. 1 (183).
(14)Iachimo.Our Tarquin thus
Did softly press the Rushes.
Cymbeline, act ii, sc. 2 (12).
(15)Senator.Our gates
Which yet seem shut, we have but pinn'd with Rushes!
They'll open of themselves.
Coriolanus, act i, sc. 4 (16).
(16) And being lighted, by the light he spies
Lucretia's glove, wherein her needle sticks;
He takes it from the Rushes where it lies.
Lucrece (316).
(17) See Reeds, No. [7].
(18)Wooer.Rings she made
Of Rushes that grew by, and to 'em spoke
The prettiest posies.
Two Noble Kinsmen, act iv, sc. 1 (109).