PAIL.--You will be called upon to undertake a variety of things which you dislike. PAILS ON YOKE.--In the future you may hope for compensation for past trials and weariness. PALACE.--This portends good fortune and favours. PALETTE.--A hopeful sign of success to an artist or to those associated with one; to others, it suggests a need for deliberation and advice before embarking upon a new work or enterprise. PALM TREE.--This is a symbol of honour, fame, and victory; increase of wealth, love, and marriage. PAMPAS GRASS.--This is a sign that you will make a pathetic endeavour to find happiness in a life which is cast in a somewhat dreary lot. PAN AND HIS PIPES.--A most cheering symbol which gives an assurance of happiness, future prosperity, and delight. PANSY.--This flower is a symbol of understanding, modesty, and contentment; it is also a pleasant indication of faithful friends and happy days. PANTHER.--You may expect to be shocked at the treacherous behaviour of a friend whom you had always regarded as honourable. PARADISE.--See BIRD OF PARADISE. PARALLEL LINES.--These predict well-thought-out and smoothly running plans. PARCELS.--These are shown by thick, square or round leaves. PARROT.--This is a sign of foreign travel, the making of many friends, and much mental energy; sometimes it gives a hint that there is an inclination to gossip and spread scandal. PARSLEY.--Small events will bring you satisfaction. PEACOCK.--A sign of the acquisition of property; a prosperous and happy marriage; with other signs, an unfortunate friendship. PEAKED CAP.--The arrival of a male visitor. PEARS.--Improved social condition and other advantages; this fruit brings success to a business man and to a woman a rich husband; one pear signifies a birth or new plans. PEDESTRIAN.--An important appointment or urgent business. PELICAN.--This bird is a symbol of loneliness, separation, and yearning for the unattainable; if it is flying you will receive news from those who are far away in isolated parts of the world. PEN.--See QUILL PEN. PENGUIN.--This strange bird indicates interesting news of expeditions and discoveries in the northern regions. PENKNIFE.--This is an unfortunate symbol of enmity, disloyalty, and jealousy. PEONIES.--You will probably be called upon to make a decision of much importance before another summer is past; broken peonies predict that you may possibly throw away your chance of happiness by coming to a wrong conclusion. PEPPER-POT.--This means vexation and unreasonable irritation which you will endeavour to conceal. PERAMBULATOR.--News of a birth. PESTLE.--A sign of decisive measures; a remedy for a grievance or an ill. PHEASANT.--Good fortune; new friends; if flying, speedy and propitious news. PIANO.--This is a sign that you will make the most of your opportunities and will gain that for which you have aimed; to musicians, a sign of advancement. PICKAXE.--This sign proclaims labour troubles and strikes.