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Rh Field or Garden.—Place the ends of the "5" hands together so that the ends lock like the ends of a rail fence; draw the hands apart toward the sides and bring each around toward the body, indicating a fenced piece of ground, and then sign for "grow" (push the "&" hand up through the left "O" hand and then spread the fingers out to "5").

Tree.—Let the right elbow rest in the left palm, the forearm extending straight up and the hand as in "5;" twist the hand with a shaking motion rapidly several times. XVIII, 351.

Bush.—Hold both open hands, palm toward palm, pointing upward, in front; rub one up against the other and reverse, a few times, or "little tree."

Vine.—With the "G" hand moving upward in a snake-like way represent the course of a climbing vine; then spread both open hands upward and outward.

Grapevine.—Make "Grape" sign; then "Vine."

Gold.—Pinch the lobe of the right ear with the thumb and forefinger, then bring the "Y" hand out to the front and give it a shaking motion several times.

Silver.—Make "white" (place palm of right hand against breast and draw it outward, hand assuming the position of ("&"); then bring the hands together, making a hollow of them; shake as if they contained something to jingle.

Tin.—Strike under the chin with the back of the right "S" hand; then grasp the end of the open left hand with the fingers of the right and give a motion as if shaking or bending tin—the left hand representing the tin.

Metal.—Strike the back of the fingers of the left "4" hand with the bottom of the right "S" hand, striking it across the fingers from the forefinger to the little finger.

Iron.—Strike the forefinger of the left "G" hand with the bottom of the right "S" hand. XVIII, 352.

Electricity.—The sign for this word is not uniform. One sign used by most is to bend the forefingers and strike the bent ends of the middle joints together.

Trolley car.—With the forefinger of the left hand representing the feed wire make a sort of grooved wheel with the fore and middle fingers of the right hand bent and run them along under this "feed wire." Some just run the "E" of the right "E" hand along the left forefinger.