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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS AX ALPHABET OP FLORAL E3IBLEMS, In eastern lands they talk in flowers, And they tell in a iiarland their loves and cares ; Each blossum that blooms in their garden bowers On its leaves a mystic language bears. Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers. And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. PEBCIVAL. |1 LONDON: |i T. NELSON AND SONS. PATERNOSTER ROW; '; EDINBURGH : A.VD XEW YORK.

INTRODUCTION'. Thf Language of Flora has been traced by its students to widely different sources, each presenting some true claim to the title, yet none so entirely subverting those of others, as to stand forth alcfhe as its originator; for truly the origin of this voice of the flowers is coeval with their creation, and is still a tongae sufficiently simple and attractive to have a charm for every student of nature, and to suggest appropriate emblems evgn to the illiterate rustic, who plucks the way-side daisy, or the blue forget-me-not, to be presented to some village maiden as the readiest expression of his love. It is, in tnith, no creature of modem art, but the free-bom child of unsophisti'1 cated nature. " Lovely as the rose," " Fair as the lily," or " Modest as the i J violet," are phrases that seem to come naturally into use, without thought that l! in this emblematic employment lies the germ of true poetry and the symbolic lanj- guage of Flora ; and though to these will be found added, in the present volume, many wherein the object seems less suggestive of the sense, and where the idea : I! sought to be conveyed is more complex and difficult intelligently to symbolize, i |i yet in this is only presented the floral tongue passing through the same pro- i I; gressive stages that have characterized the annals of every spoken language. In a rude and primitive state, the words are few and simple that suflice to clothe in language the thoughts and desires of an untutored race of men ; but with every increasing want, and every new desire, names and forms of thought must ,i be created, until the brief vocabulary of the savage tribe swells into the com- \\ plex dictionary of an intelligent and civilized people. And so has it been with jj this universal language. "He cometh forth as a flower and is cut down," is Ij the expressive and universally intelligible language of Scripture. And no less |! doefe it early prefigure hope than frailty, "S\'e strew them over the shroud of |i departed love, and plant them to bloom brightly above the grave, that they |; may speak in spring of a brighter season of hope, and in summer of that j; heavenly clime that knows only of an eternal gjmmer and a cloudless sky, and |' in aU seasons, of love, and purity, and peace. To these, the simple expressions |; of natural fteling, have been added fi-om time to time, from the pages of classic ,j poetry and the more complex fancies of later writers, a series of ideas attached jj to every flower, by means of which the nosegay may be made to take the place j of more formal epistles.

IV IXTRODUCTIOX. !; For the more complicated uses of this beautiful language, a few hints may |i be necessary to show how extensive is the raage of thought its alphabet may jj coiuiii unicate. For example, if a flower be given reversed, it implies the opposite ;! of that thought or sentiment which it is ordinarily understood to express: J! again, a rosebud from which the thorns have been removed, but which has jl still its leaves, convejs the sentiment, " I fear, but I hope," — the thorns iniplyji iug fear, as the leaves hope ; remove the leaves and thorns, and then it signifies |i that " There may be neither hope nor fear;" while, again, a single flower may ' be made emblematical of a variety of ideas ; a rosebud that has been already 11 used and deprived of its thorns, says, " There is much to hope," but stript of |i its leaves also, it tells, " There is every thing to fear." The expression aJso of ^i almost any flower may be varied by changing its position. Place the marigold || upon the head, for instance, and it signifies " distress of mind"— on the bosom, !f " listlessness. " And it may be added, when a flower is given, the pronoun / is understood by changing it to the right, thou by inclining it to the left. I To the intelligent reader, these suggestions may suffice, and we shall thereI fore conclude our introduction with the hope that, under the guidance of this j little volume, many a bright nosegay may exchange hands, and tell, in its fitting jj and intelligible language, " a welcome message to fair lady's ear."

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. PART L nOWERS, AND THE SENTIMENTS WHICH THEY REPRESENT. Abatina Fickleness. Abecedary Volubility. -Acacia Chaste love. Acacia, Pink Elegance. Acacia, Rose Platoniclove. Friendship. Acacia, Yellow Secret love. Acanthus The Fine Arts Artifice. Adonis Sorrowful remembrances. A^us Castus Indifference. Coldness. Agrimony Thankfulness Almond Tree Stupidity. Indiscretion. Aloe Affliction. Grie£ Althaea Fnitex Persuasion. Amaranth Immortality. Amaranth, Globe Unchangeable. Amaryllis Timidity. Pnde. Ambrosia Love returnedAnemone, Field Sickness. Anemone, Garden Forsaken. Angelica Inspiration. Angrec Koyalty. Apocynum Deceit. Apple Temptation. Apple Blossom Preference. Apple, Pine Perfection. Apple, Thorn Deceitful charms. Arbor Vitae Unchanging friendship. Anira, (Wake Robin)..Ardour. Ash, Mountain Prudence. Ash Tree Grandeur. Aspen Tree Lamentation. Asphodel My regrets followyou to the grave. Auricula Painting. Auricula, Scarlet Avarice. Austurtium Splendour. Azalea Temperance. balm Sympathy. Balm, Gentle Pleasantry. Balm of Gilead Cure. Relief! Balsam Impatience. Ardent love. Barbeny Sourness. Sharpness. Ill temper. Basil, Sweet Hatred. Bay Leaf. I change but in death. Bay Tree Glory. Bay Wreath Reward of merit Bearded Crepis Protection. Beech Tree Prosperity. Bee Gphrys Error. Bee Orchis Industry.

10 FLOWERS, AXD THE SEXTIMENTS WHICH THEY REPRESE>'T. Belladonna silence. Bell Flower, White Gi-atitude. Belvedere I declare against you. Betony Surprise. Bilberry Treachery. Birch Tree .Meekness. Bindweed, Great Insinuation, Bindweed, Small Humility Bladder Nut Tree Amusement. Fiivolity. Blaeberry Ingenuous simplicity, Bluebell Constancy. Bluebottle (Centaurs ). Delicacy. Bonus Henricus Goodness. Borage liUmtness. Box Stoifisni. Bramble Lowliness. En\y. Remorse. Broom Xeatness. Humility. Buckbean Calm. Repose. Buj;closs Falsehood. Bulru.'sh Docility. Burdock Touch me not. Importunity. Buttercup (Kingcup). .Childishness. Ingratitude. Buttei-fly Orchis Gaiety. Cabbage Gain. Profit CallaiEihiopica Magnificent beauty. Calycanthus Compassion. Benevolence. Camellia Japonica Unpretending excellence. Camomile Energy in adversity. Canary Grass Perseverance. Candytuft Indifference. Canterbury Bell Acknowledgment Cardamine Paternal error. Cardinal Flower I )istinction. Harnation Fascination. Woman's love. Carnation, Striped Refusal. Carnation, Yellow Disdahi. Catchfiy Pretented love. Snare. Catchfly, Red Youthful love. Catclifly, White Betrayed. Cedar Leaf. I live for thee. Cedar of Lebanon Incorruptible. Cedar Tree strength. Constancy Celandine Joys to come. Centaury Felicity. Champignon Suspicion. Cherry Tree Education. Cheiry Tree, White. ..Deception. Chesnut Luxury. Chesnut Tree Do me justice. Chick weed Rendezvous. Chickweed, 5Iou.seeared Ingenuous simplicity Chicory Frucality. China Aster... Variety. China Aster, Double...! paitake your sentiments. China Aster, Single... I v.ill think of it. Chrj'Sdnthemum Chinese Cheerfulness under mi^fortuue. Chrysanthemum. Red.. I love. C h r y s a n t h e m u m, White Truth. Chrysantheraun>, Yellow Slighted love. Cinquefoil Maternal affection. Cistus, Gum I shall die to-morrow. Clematis ^lental beauty. Clematis, Evergreen...Poverty. Clotbur Rudeness. Clover, Red Industry. Cloves Dignitj-. Cob£ea Gossip. Colt.sfoot Justice shall be done. Columbine Folly. Columbine, Purple Resoluticm. Columbine, Red .\n.\ious and trembling. Convolvulus Bonds. Uncertainty Convolvulu.s, M?ijor....Extingui.-Jied hope. Convolvulus, Minor.. ..Night. Coreopsis Always cheerful. Coreopsis, Arkansa....Love at first sigiit. Coriander Concealed merit. Corn Riches. Cornbottle Delicacy. Coronella Success crown your wishes. Cowslip Pensiveness. Winning grace. Cowslip, American You are my divinity. Cranberry ...Cure for Heartache. Crane's Bill Envy. Cresses Stability. Crocus Abuse not. Crocus, Spring Vouthful gladness. Crown Imperial Majesty. Cucumber Criticism.

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FLOWERS, AND THE SENTIMENTS WHICH THEY REPRESENT. 13 Locust Tree, Green.... Affection beyond tbe grave. London Pride Frivolity. Lotus Eloquence. Lotus Flower Estranged love. Lotus Leaf. Recantatiou. Love-in-a-Mist Perplexity. Love-in-a-Puzzle Embarrassment Love-lies-bleeding Hopeless, not heartless. Lucem Life. Lui'ine Voraciousness. Lychnis A religious enthusiast Lychcis, Meadow Wit Lychnis, Scarlet Sun-beamed eyes. L>-thnim Pretension. Madder Calumny. Magnolia Love of nature. Magnolia, Swamp Perseverance. Maiden Hair Discretion. Miiidwort Tranquillity. Mallow, Marsh Beneficence. Mallow, Syrian Consumed by love. ilallow, Venetian Delicate beauty. Manchineal Tree H\-pocrisy. FalsehoodMandrake Horror. Maple Resei've. Marigold Grief Mangold, African Vulgar-minded. Jlaiigold, French Jealousy. Maijoram Blushes. Marvel of Peru Timidity. Meadow Saffi'ou My best days are past Meadowsweet L'selessness. Mesembryanthemum.. Idleness. Mezerion I desire to please. Miguionette Your qualities surpass your cliarms. Milfoil War. Milkvetch Your presence softens my pain. Milkwort Hermitage. Mimosa (Sensitive Plant) Sensitiveness. Mint Virtue. Mistletoe I sunnount all obstacles. Mock Orange Counterfeit .Moonwort Forgetfulness. Moschatel Weakness. Moss Maternal love. Moss, Iceland HealthMosses EnnuL Motherwort Secret love. Mourning Bride Unfortunate attachment I have lost alL Moving Plant Agitation. Mugwort Happiness. MulbeiTN-, Black. I will not survive ycu. MulbeiTy Tree Wisdom. Mullen Good nature. Mushroom Suspicion. Musk, Crowfoot Weakness. 3Iustard Seed Indifference. Myrobalan Privation. Mynh Gladness. I Myrtle Love. I Narcissus, Poet's Egotism. Self-esteem. I Nasturtium Patriotism. Wariike trophy. Nasturtium, Scarlet... Splendour. Nettle. Ciiiclty. Nettle, buraing Slander. Nettle Tree Concert. Plan. Night-blooming CereTis Transient beauty. Night Convolvulus..... Night Nightshade Sorcerj'. Scepticism. Witchcraft. Dark thoughts. Nightshade, Bitter Truth. Nosegay, a Gallantry. Oak Leaf Bravery and humanity. Oak Tree Hospitality. Oats Music Oleander Bewara Olive Branch Peace. Orange Generosity. Orange Blossom Ioup- purity equals your loveUness. Orchis .A. beauty. A belle. Osier Frankness. Osmunda Dreams. Ox-Eye Patience. Palm..- Victor)' Pansy (Heart's-ease)..You occupy my thouehts. Parsley Feasting. Useful knowledge. Pasque Flower You have no claims. Passion Flower Belief. Susceptibility. Religious sui.ersiition I:

u FLOAVERS, AND THE SENTIMENTS WHICH THEY REPRESENT. Peach Blossom I am your captive. Pea, Everlasting An appointed meeting Lasting pleasure. Pea, Sweet Dep irtme. Pear, Prickly Satire. Pear Tree Comfort. Pennyroyal Flee away. Peony Shame. Bashfulness. Peppermint Warnith. Cordiality. Periwinkle, Blue Pleasures of memory. Periwinkle, Red Early friendship. Periwinkle, White Pleasant recollections Persicaria Restoration. Persimon Bury me amid nature's beauties. Phlox Unanimity. Pine, Black.. .„ Pity Pine, Pitch lime. Philosophy. Pine, Spruce Farewell Hope in adversity. • Pink ~ Boldness. Pink, Carnation Woman's love. Pink, Indian Double. ..Always lovely. Pink, Indian Single.. .Aversion. Pink, fountain You are aspiring. Pink, Red Double Pure and ardent love. Pink, Variegated Refusal. Pink, White Ingeniousness. Talent Pimpemel Change. Plane Tree Genius. Pleurisy Root Cure for lieartache. Plum Tree Perform yourpromise. Plum Tree, Wild Independence. Polyanthus Pride of riches. Polyanthus, Crimson.. The heait's mystery. Polyanthus, l.ilac Confidence. Pomegranate Foolishness. Pomegranate Flower.. Mature elegance. Poplar, Black Courage. Poplar, White Time. I'oppy „ Evanescent pleasure. Poppy, Red Consolation. Poppy, Scarlet.... Fantastic extravagance. Poppy, White Sleep. My bane, my antidote. Potato Benevolence. Pride of China. Dissension. Primrose Early Youtlu Primrose, Evening Inconstancy. Primrose Red..„ L'npatronised merit Privet „ ProhibitioiL Quaking Grass Agitation. Quamoclit Busybody. Queen's Rocket Fashionable. Youare the queen of coQuettes. Quince Temptation. Ragged Robin Wit. Ranunculus I am dazzled by your charms. Ranunculus, Garden...You are rich in attractions. Ranunculus, AVild Ingratitude. Riispbeiry Remorse. Ray Grass Vice. Red Bay Love. Memory. Reed ComjilKcence. Reeds, Split ...Indiscretion. Rest Harrow Obstacle. Rliododendron Danjrer. Rhubarb Advice. Rocket Rivalry. Rose Love. Rose, Austrian Thou art all that is lovely. Pose, BridaL Happy lova Rose, Burgundy Unconscious beauty. Rose, Cabbage Ambassador of love. Rose, Campion Only desenemy love. Rose, Carolina Love is dangerous. Rose,. China Beauty always new. Rose, Christmas Tranquillize my anxiety. Rose, Daily Thy smile I aspire to. Rose, Damask Brilliant complexion. Rose, Deep Red Bashful shame. Rose, Dog Pleasure and pain. Rose, Full - blown, placed over two Buds. Secrecy. Rose, Full .Moss Superior merit. Rose, Full Red Beauty. Rose. Full White I am worthy of yoa Rose, Guelder Winter of age. Rose, Hundred-leaved. Pride. Rose, Japan Beauty is your only attraction. Rose, Lancaster Union. Rose, Maiden-blush If you love me you will discover it. Rose. May Precocity. Rose, Mundi Varietv. You are merry. Rose, Musk Capricims beauty. Rose. Musk, Cluster.. .Charming. Rose, Pompon Gentility. l*i-ettinesa

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FLOWERS, AND THE SEXTIMEXTS WHICH THEY EEPUESEXT. 13 ! Locust Tree, Green.. ..Affection beyond the grave. London Pride Frivolity. Lotus Eloquence. Lotus Flower Estranged love. Lotus Leaf. Recantation. Love-in-a-M ist Pei-plexity. Love-in-a-ruzzle Embanassment. Love-lies-bleeding Hopeless, not heaitlesa, Lucem Life. Lupine Voraciousness. Lychnis A religious enthusiast. Lychnis, ilcadow Wit. Lychnis, Scarlet Sun-beamed eyes. Lythrum Pretension. Madder Calumny. Magnolia Love of nature. Magnolia, Swamp Perseverance. Maiden Hair Discretion. Maidwort Tranquillity. Mallow, Marsh Beneficence. Mallow, Syrian Consumed by love. Mallow, Venetian Delicate beauty. Manchineal Tree Hypocrisy. Falsehood. Mandrake Honor. Maple PiCseiTe. Marigold Grie£ Marigold, African Vulgar-minded. Marigold, French Jealousy. Maijoram Blushes. Marvel of Pern Timidity. Meadow Saffron My best days are past. Meadowsweet L'selessnciS. Mesembryantheniuin.. Idleness. Mezerion I desire to please. Miguiouette Your qualities surpass your charms. Milfoil War. MUkvetch Your presence softens my pain. Milkwort Hermitage. Mimosa (Sensiti\e Plant) Sensitiveness. Mint Virtue. Mistletoe I sumiount all obstacles. Jfock Orange Counterfeit. Moonwort Forgetfulness. Moschatel Weakness. Moss Maternal love. Moss, Iceland HealthMosses Ennui. Motherwort Secret lova Mouruing Bride Unfoitunate attachment I have lust all Moving Plant Agitation. MuL'woit Happiness. Mulberry, Black I will not survive yen. Mulberry Tree Wisdom. JIullen Good nature. JIushroom Suspicion. Musk, Crowfoot Weakness. JIustard Seed Inditference. Myrobalan Privation. Myrrh Gladness. Myrtle Love. Narcissus, Poet's Egotism. Self-esteem. Nasturtium Patriotism. Warlike trophj-. Nasturtium, Scarlet... Splendour, Nettle Ci-uclty, Nettle, burning Slandei". Nettle Tree Concert. Plan. Night-blooming Cereus Transient beauty. Night Convolvulus... ..Night Nightshade Sorcerj'. Scepticism Witchcraft. Daik thoughts. Nightshade, Bitter Truth. Nosegay, a Gallantry. Oak Leaf Bravery and humanity. Oak Tree... Hospitality. Oats .Music. Oleander IJeware. Olive Branch Peace. Orange Generosity. Orange Blossom Your purity equals your loveline.ss. Orchis .A. beauty. A belle. Osier Frankness. Osmunda Dreams. Ox-Eye Patience. Palm Victor}' Pansy (Heart's-ease)..You occupy my thoughts. Parsley Feasting. Useful knowledge. Pasqne llower You have no claims. Passion Flower Belief. Susceptibility. lleligious sui,erstition

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' - - ' ! ! 14 FLOWERS, AND THE SENTIMENTS •WHICH THEY REPRESENT. i Peach Blossom ..I am your captive. Quamoclit ..Busvbodv. Pea, Everlasting .An appointed meeting Lasting i>leasure. Queen's Rocket .Fashionable. You are the queen of coPea, Sweet , ..Dep irture. quettes. Pear, Prickly ...'-at ire. Quince ..Temptation. Pear Tree Peniiyroyul .Comfort. .Flee away. ..Wit. ..I am dazzled by your Ranunculus Peony .Shame. Bashfulness. cliarms. Pepperui i iit-. .Warmth Cordiality Ranunculus, Garden. ..Youarerich in attractions. ..Ingratitude. Periwinkle. Red .Early friend.ship. Ranunculus, Wild.... Periwinkle, AVliite... .Pleasant recollections Raspberry ..Remorse. Persicaria Persinion ..Restoration. .Bury me amid naRay Grass ..Vice. .Love. Memory. Red Bay ture's beauties. Reed .Complacence. Phlox .Unanimity. Reeds, Split ..Indiscretion. Pine, Mack ..Pity Rest Harrow ..Obstacle. Pine, Pitch .'lime. Philosophy. Rhododendron ..Danger. Pine, Spruce .Farewell Hope in Rhubaib .Advice. adversity. Rocket ..Rivaliy Pink Pink, Carnation .Boldness. ..Woman's love. T Rose, Austrian .Thou art all that is Pink, Indian Double. ..Always lovel}'. lovely. Pink, Indian Single. .Aversion. Pose, Bridal ..Happy love. Pink, Mountain .You are aspiring. Rose, Burgundy ..Unconscious beauty. Pink, i;ed Double.... .Pure and ardent love. Rose, Cabbage ..Ambassador of love. Pink, Variegated .Refusal. Rose, Cainpion ..( )nly desei"ve my love, Pink White ■ Ingeniousness Tilcnt Rose, Carolina Rose, China ..Love is dangerous. ..Beauty always new. Pimpernel .Change. Plane Tiee .Genius. Rose, Christmas ..Tranquillize my anxiPleurisy Root .Cure for heartache. ety. Plum Tree Perform your promise Rose, Daily Rose, Damask ..Thy smile I aspire to. ..Brilliant complexion. .P.ashf'u] shame. Plum Tree, Wild Polyanthus ..Independence. ..Pride of riches: Rose, Deep Red Polyanthus, Crimsor ..The heart's mysterj-. Rose, Dog ..Pleasure and pain. Polyanthus, I.ilac... ..Confidence. Rose, Full - hlowi , Pomegranate ..Foolishness. placed overtwo Buds. Secrecy. Pomegranate Flowe Poplar, Black •..Mature elegance, ..Courage. Rose, Full Moss SuTJerior merit. Rose, Full Red ..Beauty. Poplar, White ..Time. Rose, Full Wliite ..I am worthy of votl Poppy ..Evanescent pleasure. Rose, Guelder. ..Winter of age. Poppy, Red ..Consolation. Rose, Hundred-leaved. Piide. Poppy, Scarlet ..Fantastic extravagance. Rose, Japan ..Beauty is your only attraction. Poppy, White ..Sleep. My bane, my Rose, Lancaster ..TTnion. antidote. Rose, Maiden-blush.. ..If you love me vou Potato ..Benevolence. will discover it Pride of China ..Dissension. Rose, Mav ..Precocity, Primrose ...Early Youth. Rose, Mundi ..Variety. You are Primrose, Evening.. ..Inconstancy. merry. Primrose Red ..Unpatronised merit. Rose, Jfusk ..Capricious beauty. Privet ...Prohibition. Rose, JIusk, Cluster ..Charming. Quaking Grass 1 ..Agitation. Rose, Pompon ..Gentility. Prettinoss.

1 i FLOWERS, AXD THE SENTIMENTS WHICH THEY REPRESENT. 15 I Rose, Red-leaved.... Rose, Thornless Rose, T'tiiqiip ..Beauty and prosperity ..Early attachment .C.a\] vnp. not beautifuL Spindle Tree Spir£B Hypericum Frutex Spring Caroline Star of Bethlehem... St John's Wort Stock. Ten Week.... Stonecrop Stramonium Strawbeny Strawberrj' Tree Straw, Broken Sunflower, Dwarf... Sunflower, Tall Swallow-wort Sweet Brier graved on my heait j Rose, AVhite and Red, together Unity. Rose, Withered Wliite.Tiansient impression. Rose, Yellow Jealousy. Decrease of love. Rose, York War. Roses, Cro\vn made of Reward of virtue. Rosebud, iloss, Confession of love. Rosebud, Red You are young and beautiful ..Uselessness. ...Disappointment ...Guidance. ..You are a prophet Superstition. ..Promptitude. ..Tranquillity. ..Disguise. ..Perfect excellence. ..Esteem and love. ..Rupture of a coulract ..Adoration. ..Haughtiness. ..Cure for heartache. ..Simplicity. ..Decrease of love. ..Fitness. ..Felicity. ...Widowhood. ..Gallantrj'. Finesse. A smile. ..Curiosity. Rosebay Rosemaiy Rudbeckia. Rue love. ..Beware. ...Your presence revives me. Remembrance. ..Justice. ..Disdain. ...Docilitv. Sweet Brier, Yellow Sweet Flag Sweet Sultan Sweet Sultan Flower Sweet William Sycamore Rush Saffron Saffron Crocus .. . ...Marriage. Mirth Saffron Flower Sage. Sardony Satin Flower ..Do not abuse. Beware of excess. ..Esteem. Domestic virtues. ..Irony. ..Sincerity. Syringa, Carolina... Tamarisk. ..Disappointment ..Crime. ..I declare against yoiu g ..Ties. ! ..Austerity. Emblem of Scotland. i ..Retaliation. ..Difficulty. ..Severity. ..SjTnpathy. ' ..Neglected beauty. j ..Activity. j ..For once may pride ! befiiend me. ..Secret love. ..Impatient resolves. ..Safety. ..Revenge. ..Resistance. ..Sui-prise. ..Dangerous pleasures. ..Fame. ..Declaration of love. ..Beautiful eyes. ..Hopeless love. ..Charity. 1 j Tansv Tendrils of Climbir Plants Thistle, Common ... Thistle, Scotch Thorn, Black ThoiTis, Branch of... Thrift Throatwoit Scabious, Sweet Senvy Service Tree Shamrock Snakesfoot Sniike's Lounge Snapdragon Snowball Snowball Tree Snowdrop Sorrel Sorrel, Wild ..Widowhood. .Indifference. ..Pnidence. ..Light - heartedness. Emblem of Ireland. ..Horror. ..Slander. ...Presimiption. ...Bound. ..Age. ..Consolation. Hope. ..Parental affection. ..Wit, ill timed. Thyme Tiger Flower Toothwort Touch-me-not Southernwood Sowbread Spearmint Speedwell Speedwell. Germande Speedwell Spiked... Spider Ophrvs ...Jest. Bantering. ..Diffidence. ..Warmth of sentiment ..Female fidelity. r. Facility. ..Semblance, ..Adroitness. Skill. ..Esteem, but not love. Transient love. TraveUer's Joy TrefoU Tremella Xestoc Truffle Tuberose Tulip Tulip, Red Tulip, Variegated.... Tulip. Y'ellow Turnip Spiderwoit ■ -■■ - 1

16 SENTIMENTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESENT THEM. Valerian . Venus' Looking-glass . Vernal Grass... Veronica Vervain Vetch Vine Violet, Blue...., Violet, Daine... Violet, Pui-ple., Violet, Wliite... Violet, Wild Virgin's Bower. Accommodating disposition. Flattery. Poor, but happy. Fidelity. Enchantment Shyness. Drunkenness Faithfulness. Love. You are the queen of coquettes. You occupy thoughts. Innocence, desty. Love in idleness. Filial love. my MoWdllflower Fidelityin misfortune. Walnut Intellect. Stratagem. Wheat Prosperity Whin Anger. Willow Forsaken. Willow-Herb, Spiked..Pretension. Willow, Water Freedom. Willow, Weeping Mourning. Wolfsbane Misanthropy. W^oodroof. Modest worth. Wood Sorrel Joy. Maternal tenderness. WoiTnwood Absence. Yew Sadness. Zeph}T Flower Expectation. Zinnia Thoughts of absent fiienda. PART 11. SENTIMENTS, AND THE TLOWERS WHICH REPRESENT THEM. Absence Wormwood. Abuse not Crocus. Acknowledgment Canterbury BelL Activity Thyme. Addresses, rejected.. ..Ice Plant Adoration Dwarf SunfloM'er. Adroitness Spider Ophrys. Adversity, energy in... Camomile. Advice Rhubarb. Affection beyond the gi'ave Green Locust Tree. Affection, bonds of.....Gilly Flower. Affection, enduring.. ..Gorse. Affliction Aloe. Age Snowball Tree. Age, -winter of. Guelder Rose. Agitation Quaking Grass. Moving plant Ambition - Mountain Laurel Amiability White Jasmine. Am I forgotten? Holly. Am I perfectly indifferent to you? Dogwood Blos-som. Amusement „ Bladder Nut Tree. Anger Wliin. Anticipation Gooseberrj*. Anxiety, tranquillize my Christmas Rose. Anxious and trembling Red Columbine. Ardour Arum. Argument Fig. Artifice Acanthus. Assiduous to please.. ..Ivy Sprig, with tendrils. Attachment Tpomcea. Attachment, early Thornless Rose. Audacity Larch. Austerity Common Tliistle. Avarice Scarlet Auricula. Aversion Indian Single Pinfc. Bantering Southernwood. Bashfulness Peony. Bashful shame ...Deep Red Rose Beautiful, call menot.. Unique Rose. Beauty Party-coloured Daisy. Full Red Rose. Beauty, a Orchis.

SENTIMENTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESENT THEM. 17 Beauty always new.. ..China Rose. Beauty and prosperity. Red-leaved Rose. Beauty, capricious. Lady's slipper. Musk Rose. Beauty, delicate Flower- of- an - hour. Hibiscus. Venitian Mallow. Beauty is your only attraction Japan Rose. Beauty, magnificent... Calla ^thiopica. Beauty, mental Kennedia. Clematis. Beauty, ne^clected Throat wort. Beauty, pensive. Laburnum. Beauty, rustic. French Honeysuckle. Beauty, transient Night - blooming Cereus. Beauty, unconscious...Burgundy Rose. Beauty, unfading Gilly Flower. Belief. Passion Flower, Belle, a Orchis. Beneficence Marsh Mallow. Benevolence Calycanthus. Potato. Betrayal Judas Tree. Betrayed Wliite Catchfly. Beware Oleander. Rosebay. Birth Dittany of Crete. Blackness Lbony. Bluntness Borage. Blushes Marjoram. Boaster, a Hydrangea. Boldness Larch. PinkBonds Convolvulus. Bound SnowbalL Bravery and humanity < 'ak Leaf Brilliant complexion...Damask Rose. Bulk Gourd. Bury me amid nature's beauties Persimon. Business _ Dodder of Thyme. Busybody Quamoclit Calm Buckbean. Calumny Hellebore. Madder. Care Dodder of Thyme. Change PimpemeL Charity ...Turnip. Clianning Musk Rose Cluster. Cheerful, always Coreopsis. Cheerfulness under misfortune. Chinese Chrysanthemum. Childishness Buttercup. Cliivalry Great Yellow DaffodiL Cleanliness Hyssop. 6 Cold-hearted Lettuce, Coldness Agnus Castiis. Comfort Pear Tree. Comforting Scarlet Geranium Compassion Calycanthus. Elder. Complacence Reed. Concert Nettle Tre& Confidence Hepatica. Liverwort Lilac Polyanthus. Confidence in Heaven.. Flowering Reed. Conjugal love Linden. Consolation Snowdrop. Red Poppy Constancy Cedar Tree. Blue Hyacinth. Bluebell Content Houstonia. Coquetiy Day Lily. Cordiality Peppermint Counterfeit Mock Orange. Courage Black Poplar. Crime Tamarisk. Criticism Cucumber. Cruelty Nettle. Cure Balm of Gilead, Ctue for Heartache Cranbeny. Pleurisy Root Swallow-wort Curiosity Sycamore, Danger Rhododendron. Dangerous pleasures.. .Tuberose Dark thoughts Nightshade. Dauntlessness. Sea Lavender. Death Cypress. Deceit Apocynum. Dogsbane Deceitful charms I horn Apple. Deception White CheiTy Tree. Defect Henbane. Dejection Lichen. Delay Eupatorium- Fever I'.oot Delicacy Combottle. Bluebottle Depavmre Sweet PeaDespair Cypress and Marigold Devotion Heliotrope. Difficulty Black Tiiorn. Diffidence. Sowbread. Dignity Cloves. Elm. Disappointment Spring Carohne. Syringa Carolina. Discretion. Lemon Blossoms. Jlaiden H:ur. Disdain Yellow CarnationRue. Disgui.''e Stramonium. Disgust Frog Ophrya. ^

18 SEXTIMEXTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESEIVT THEM. Disposition, acccinmodating Valerian. Dissension Pride of Cliina, Distinction Cardinal Flower. Distrust Lavender. Docility Rush. Bulrush. Do not abuse Saffron Flower. Domestic economy Houseleek. Domestic liappiness.... Monthly Honeysuckle Domestic industiy Flax. Domestic virtues Sage. Dreams Osmunda. Drunkenness Vine. Duration,..., Dogwood. Eclat Indian Cress. Education Cheriy Tree. Egotism Poet's Narcissus. Elegance Pink Acacia. Locust Tree. Elegance, mature Pomegranate Flower. Elevation Fir Tree. Eloquence Lagerstrjemia. Lotus. Embarrassment Love-in-a-puzzle. Enchantment Vervain. Holly Herb. Encouragement Golden Rod. Ennui Mosses. Enthusiast, a religious. Lychnis. Envy Crane's Bill. Bramble. EiTor Bee Ophrys. En'or, paternal Cardamine. Esteem Sage. Esteem and love Strawberry Tree. Esteem, but not love...Spidervvort. Excellence, perfect Strawberry. Excellence,unpretending Camellia Japonica. Excess, beware of. Saffron Flower. Expectation Zephyr Flower. Expectation, disappointed Fish Geranium. Extent Gourd. Extravagance, fantastic Scarlet Poppy. Eyes, beautiful Variegated Tulip. Eyes, sun-beamed Scarlet Lychnis. Facility Germander Speedwell Faithfulness Blue Violet Heliotrope. Falsehood Bugloss. Dogsbane. Manchineal Tree. Yellow Lily. Fame Tulip. Farewell Spruce Pine. Fascination Camation. Honesty. Fashion Lady's Mantle. Fashionable Queen's Rocket. Fate Hemp. Fate, the colour of my. Coral Honeysuckle. Feasting Parsley. Fecundity Hollyhock. Felicity Centaury. Sweet Sultan. Female ambition White Hollyhock. Female fidelity SpeedwelL Female loveliness, the perfection of. Justicia. Fickleness nbatina. Lady's Slipper. Pink Larkspur Fidelity Ivy. Veronica. Fidelity in love Lemon Blossoms. Fidelity in misfortune. Wallflower. Filial love Virgin's Bower. Fine arts, the Acanthus. Finesse Sweet William. Fire Horehound. Fitness SM'eet Flag. Flame Fleur-de-lis. Yellow Iris. Flattery Venus'Looking-glass, Flee away Pennyroyal Folly Columbine. Foolishness Pomegranate. Force Fennel Foresight Holly. Forgetfulness Moonwort. Forget me not Forget-me-not. Forsaken Garden Anemone. Laburnum. Willow. Frankness Osier. Freedom Water Willow. Friends, thoughts of absent Zinnia. Friendship Rose Acacia. Ivy. Friendship, early Red Periwinkle. Friendship, unchanging Arbor VitiB. Frivolity Bladder Nut Tree. London Pride. Frugality Chicory. Endive. Gaiety ButteiHy Orchis. Yellow Lily. Gain Cabbage. Gallantry A nosegay. Sweet William. Generosity Orange

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SEXTIXEN'TS, AXD THE FLOWERS \rniCn REPRESENT THEM. 19 I Genius PlaneTree. ! Gentility Geranium. Pompon I Kose. il Gladness :M}-TTh. . jj Gladness, youthful ....Spring Crocus. ! Glory.... Bay Tree. Mountain 'I LaureL i Good nature Mullen. Goodness Bonus Henricua. ij Gossip Cobsa. j Grace and elegance. ..Yellow Jasmine. Grandeur Ash Tree. Gratitude wniite Bell Flower. Grief Aloe Harebell Marigold. Guidance Star of Bethlehem. Happiness MugAvort. Happiness, return of.. Lily of the Valley. Happy love Biidal Rose. Hatred Sweet Basil Haughtiness Double Larkspur. Tall Sunflower. Health Iceland Mosa. Heart, the incense of a faithful Frankincense. Heart s mystery, the...Crimson PoiyanthuB. Heartlessness Hydrangea. Hermitage Milkwort. Honesty Honesty. Hope ..^ Hawthorn. Snowdrop. Hope, extinguished ...Major Convolvulus. Hope in adversity Spruce Pine. Hopeless love Yellow Tulip. Hopeless, not heartless Love-lies-bleeding. HoiTor . Mandrake. Dragonwort SnakesfooL Hospitality Oak Tree. Humility Broom. Field Lilac. Small Bindweed. H}T)0crisy Manchineal Tree. I am dazzled by your charms „ Ranunculus. I am worthy of you. ..Full White Rose. I am your captive. Peach Blossom, I aspire to thy smile.. Daily Rose. I attach myself to you. Indian Jasmine. I change but in death.Bay Leaf, I declare against you. Belvedere. Tansy. AVild Licorice. I desire to please Mezerion. I desire a return of affection JonquiL I die if neglected Laurestina. 1 engage you for the next dance Ivy Geranium. I feel all my obligations Lint. I feel your kindness... Flax. I have a message for you Iris. I have lost aU Mourning Bride. I live for thee Cedar Leaf. I love Red Chrysanthemum. I partake your sentiments Double China Aster I shall die to-moiTow.Gum Cistus, I share your sentiments Garden Daisy. I will not answer hastily Monthly Honeysuckle I wiUnot survive you. Black Mulbeny. 1 wUl think of it Single China Aster. Wild Daisy. I wish I were rich Kingcup. I wotmd to heal Eglantine. Idleness Jlesembi-yanthemura. If you love me, you will discover it Maiden-blush Ro.se. Ill-temper Barberry. Immortality Amaranth. Impatience Balsam. Importunity Burdock- Fuller's Teasel. Inconstancy Evening Primrose. Inconstancy in love. ..Wild Honeysuckle. Incorruptible Cedar of Lebanon. Independence Wild Plum Tree. Indlffereace Senvy. Candytuft. Agnus Castus. Mustard Seed. Indiscretion Split Reeds. Almond Tree. Industry BeeOrchis Red Clover Ingeniousness. ^\llite Pink. Ingenuity Pencil-leaved Geranium. Ingenuous simplicity.. Mouse-eared Chickwee

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20 SEXTIMEXTS, AXD THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESEXT THEM. Insinuation Great IJindweed Inspiration Angelica, Instability Dahli;u Intellect Walnut. Ireland, emblem of... ..Shamrock. Irony Sardony. Jealousy French Mangold. Yellow Rose. Jest Southernwood. Joy Wood Sorrel. Joys to come Celandine. Juice Fir of Gilead. Justice Rudbeckia. Justice, do me CliesnutTree. Justice shall be donc.Colr.sfooL Knowledge, useful Parsley. Lady, deign to smile.. .Oak Geranium. Lamentation Asjien Tree. Levity Larkspur. Life Lucern. Light-heai-tedness Shamrock. Lightness Larkspur. Longevity Fig. Love Blue Violet. Jfyrtle. Kose. Red Bay. Love, a heart ignorant of. Wliite Kosebud. Lore, ambassador of... Rose Cabbage. Love, ardent Balsam. Love at first sight Arkansa Coreopsis. Love, bond of Monthly Honeysuckle Love, chaste Acacia. Love, confession of ...JIoss Rosebud. Love, consumed by.. ..Syrian Mallow. Love, declaration of... Red Tulip. Love, decrease of Yellow Sweetbrier. Yellow Rose. Love, estranged Loras Flower. Love in idleness Wild Violet. Love is dangerous Carolina Rose. Love, only deserve my.Cami)ion Hose. Love, plator.ic Kose Acacia. Love, pretended Catchfly. Love, pure andardent.Red Double Pink. Love 7-etnrned Ambrosia. Love, secret Toothwoit. Yellow Acacia. Mother•woi-t. Love, slighted Yellow Chrysanthennnn. Love sweet and secret..Honey Flower. Love, the fiist emotions of. „ Purple Lilac l.ove. true Forget-me-not. Lovely, always Indian Double Pink. Lovely, thou art all that is Austrian Rose. Love's oracle Dandelion. Lowliness Bramble. Lu.Kiiry Chesnut. Majesty ..„ Crown Imperial. Impeiial Lily. Malevolence Lobelia. Marriage Saffron. Maternal affection Cinquefoil. Maternal love ^Moss. ifatenial tenderness... Wood Sorrel. Matrimony Ivy. Meanness Cnscuta. Dodder. Meekness Birch Tree. Meeting, anappointed-Everlasting Pea. Meeting, an expected. Nutmeg Geranium. Melancholy Dark Geranium. Cypiess and Marigold Melancholy mind Sorrowful Geranium. Memory Red Bay. Synnga. ^lemoiy, pleasures of. Bine Periwinkle. Merit, concealed Coriander. Merit, reward of Bay Wreath. Merit, superior Full Moss Rose. Merit, unpatronised...Red Primrose. Mini Saffron Crocus. Misanthropy Fuller's Teasel. Wolfsbane. Modest woTih AVoodroof. Modesty White Lilac "White Violet Mouming Cypress. Weeping Willow. Music Oats. My bane, my antidote. Wliite Poppy. My best ('.Ays are past. Meadow Saffron. My compliments Ins. My regrets follow you to the grave A.«phodel. Natine. love of .Magnolia. Xearniss Broom. Night Minor Convolvulus. Night Convolvulus. Obstacle Rest Harrow. Obstacles. I surmount all... Mistletoe. Ornament Hornbeam Trea Painting Auricula, Painting the lily Daphne Odora.

SEXTIMEXTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRE8EXT THEM. 21 Parental affection Son-eL Participation Double Daisy. Passion White Dittany. Tellow Iris. Paternal error Cardamine. Patience Dock. Ox Eye. I'atriotism Nasturtium. Peace Olive Branch. Pensiveness Cowslip. Perfection Pine Apple. Pei-fidy Common Laurel Perform your promise. Plum Tree. Pei-plexity Love-in-a-mist. Persecution Chequered Fritillarj'. Perseverance Canary Grass. Swamp Mapnolia. Persuasion Althtea Frutex. Philosophy Pitch Pine. Piety, steadfast Wild Geranium, Pity Black Pine. Plan Nettle Tree. Play Hyacinth. Pleasant recollections. White Periwinkle. Pleasantry Gentle Balm. Pleasure and pain Dog Ptose. Pleasure, evanescent. Poppy. Pleasure, lasting.. Everlasting Pea. Poetry Eglantine. Poor, hut happy Vernal Grass. Poverty Evergreen Clematis. Power Iini)erial Montague. Precaution Golden Rod. Precocity May Rose. Preference. Apple Blossom. Rose Geranium. Preference, present.. ..Apple Geranium. Presumption Snapdragon. Pretension Ly thrum. WLllowherb, Spiked. Prettiness Pompon liose Pride Amaryllis. Hundredleaved Rose. Pride befriend me, for once may Tiger Flower. Pride of riches Polyanthus. Privation. Indian Plum. Myrobalan. Profit Cabbage. Profuseness Fig Tree. Prohibition Privet Promptitude Ten Week Stock. Prosperity Beech Tree. Wheat. 8 Protection Bearded Crepis. Juniper. Prudence Mountain .Ash. Service 'I'ree. Purity White Lilac. Purity and sweetness. White Lily. Quick-sightedness HawkAveed. Reason Goat's Rue. liecall Silver-leaved Geranium. Recantation Lotus leaf. Reconciliation Filbert. Hazel. Refusal Striped CarnationVariegated Pink. Regard DaifodiL Relief -. Balm of Gilead. Religious superstition. Passion Flower. Remembrance Rosemary. Forgetme-not. Remembrance, neverceasing Cudweed. Remembrances, sorrowful Adonis. Remorse Bramble. Raspberry. Rendezvous Chickweed. Repose Buckbean. Reser\'e ^ Maple. Resistance Tremella Xestoc Resolution Pui-ple Columbine. Resolves, impatient ...Touch-me-not Restoration Persicaria, Retaliation Scotch ThLstle. Revenge Trefoil Reverie Flowering Fern. Riches Corn. Rigour Lantana. Rivaliy Rocket Royalty Angrec Rudeness Clutbur. Rupture of a contract. Broken Straw. Sadness Dead leaves. Yew. Safety Traveller's Joy. Satire Prickly Pear. Scandal Hellebore. Scepticism Nightshade. Scotland, emblem o£..Cominon Thistle. Sculpture Hoy a. Secrecy Full-Wown Rose placed over two Buds. Self-esteem Poet's Narcissus. Selfishness Dodder of Tlij-me. Semblance Spiked Speedwell. Sensitiveness Mimosa.

22 SENTIMENTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESENT THEM. Sensuality Spanish Jasmine. Sentiment, warmth of. Spearmint. Separation Caroiina Jasmine. Serenade, a Dew Plant. Severity Branch of Thorns. Shame Peony. Sharpness Barberry. Shyness Vetclu Sickness Field Anemone. Silence Belladonna. Simplicity Sweet Brier. Simplicity, ingenuous. Blaebeny. Mouseeared ChickweecL Sincerity Fern. Honesty. Satin Flower. Skill Spider Oplirys. Slander Snake's Lounge. Burning Nettle. Sleep ^^^lite Poppy. Smile, a Sweet William. Snare Catchfly. Dragon Plant. Solitude Heath. Lichen. Sorcery Nightshade. Sorrow Purple HyacinthSourness Barbeny. Spleen Fumitory. Splendour Austurtium, Scarlet Nasturtium. Sport Hyacinth. Stability Cresses. Steadfast piety Wild Geranium. Stoicism Box. Stratagem... Walnut. Strength Fennel Cedar Tree. Stupidity Scarlet Geranium. Almond Tree. Submission Grass. Harebell Success crown your wishes Coronella. Succour Juniper. Superstition St. John's Wort. Surprise lietony. Truffle. Susceptibility Passion Flower. Suspicion Champignon. Mushroom. Sympathy Balm. Thrift. Talent White Pink. Taste Scarlet Fuchsia. Tears Helenium. Temperance AziUea. Temptation Apple. Quince. Thankfulness Agrimony. Ties Tendrils of climbing plants. Time Pitch Pine. White Poplar. Timidity Amaryllis. Marvel of Peni. Token, a Ox-Eye Daisy. Laurestina. Touch me not Burdock. Tranquillity Maidwoit. Stonecrop Tranquillize my anxiety Christmas Rose. Transient impression.. Withered White Rose. Transient love Spiderwort. Transport of joy Cape Jasmine. Treachery Bilberry. Truth ...White Chrysanthemum. Bitter Night Shade. Unanimity Phlox. Unbelief Judas TreeUncertainty Convolvulus. Unchangeable Globe Amaranth. Unconscious Red Daisy. Unfortunate attachment Mourning Bride. Unfortunate love Scabious. Union Lancaster Rose. Unity White and Red Rose together. Uselessness Diosma. Spirte Hj'pericum Frutex. Meadowsweet Utility Grass. Variety China Aster Mundi Rose. Vice Darnel Ray Grass. Victory Palm. Virtue Mint. Virtue, reward of Crown made of Roses. Vivacity Houseleek. Volubility Abecedaiy. Voraciousness Lupine. Vulgar-minded African Marigold. War Milfoil York Rose. Warlike trophy Indian Cress. Nasturtium. Wannth Peppermint Weakness Moschatel Crowfoot Musk. Widowhood Sweet Sultan Flower. Sweet Scabious. Winning grace Cowslip.

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SENTIMENTS, AND THE FLOWERS WHICH REPRESENT THEM. 23 Wisdom Mulberrj- Tree. Wish, a Foxglove. Wit Meadow Lychnis. Ragged Robin. Wit, ill timed Wild Sorrel. Witchcraft Xightsliade. Woman's love. Caniation. Carnation Pink. Worth, modest Woodroot You are a prophet St. John's Wort You are aspiring Mountain PinkYou are cold Hortensia. You are hard Ebony. You are mem- Mundi Rose, You are my divinity...American Cowslip. You are rich in attractions. ^ Garden Ranunculus. You are the queen of coquettes Queen's Rocket Dame Violet You are young and beautiful Red RosebudYou have no claims.. .Pasque Flower. [ You make no pretension. Flora's BelL [ You occupy my j thoughts Pansy. Purple Violet You please aU Currants. You will be my death..Hemlock. Your image is engiaved on my heait.Spindle Tree. Your looks freeze me..Ficoides. Your presence revives me Rosemary. Your presence softens my pain MUkvetch. Your purity equals yotir loveliness Orange Blossom. Your qualities sui-p^ss your charms. Mignionette. Youth, early Primrose. Youthful love Red Catchfly Zealousness Elder. Zest Lemon.

DIAL OF FLOWERS. TIME OF OPEXntG. H. M. Yellow Goat's Beard 3. 5. Late Floweiing Dandelion 4. 0. Hristly Helminthia 4. 5. Alpine Borkhausia 4. 5. Wild Succoiy 4. 5. Naked-stalked Poppy 5. 0. Copper-coloured Day Lily 5. 0. Smooth Sow Thistle 5. 0. Alpine Agathyrsus 5 0. Small Bindu-etd 5. 6. Common Nipple AVort 5. 6. Common Dandelion 5. 6. Spotted Achyrophonis 6. 7. ■\\Tiite Water Lily 7. 0. Garden Lettuce 7. 0. African Marygold 7. 0. Common Pimpernel 7. 8. Mouse-ear Hawkweed 8. 0. Proliferous Pink 8. 0. Field Marygold 9. 0. Purple Sandwort 9. 10. Small Purslane 9. 10. Creeping Mallow 9. 10. Chickweed 9. 10. TIME OF CLOSr>-G. Bristly Helminthia Alpine Agathyrsus Alpine Borkhausia Late Flowering Dandelion Creeping Mallow , Proliferous Pink , Mouse-ear Hawkweed , SmaU Purslane , Purple Sandwort Field Maiy gold Afiican Maiygold Small Bindweed 4. Spotted Achyrophorus 4. Willie Water Lily 5. Naked-stalked Poppy 7. 0. Copper-coloured Day Lily 7. Wild Succory 8. Common Dandelion 8. Yellow Goat's Beard 9. Chickweed 9. Common Nipple Wort 10. Garden Lettuce 10. Small Sow Thistle IL Small Purslane 11. 8.

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THE POETRY OF FLOWEHS, -^ ACACIA, YELLOW. SECRET LOVE. Thou, like a star-flower in the wood. Thy modest charms art hiding ; Content with humblv doing good. And iu God's love abiding. But thotigh the world observes thee not. In one fond heart thou'rt treasured ; A uA bright indeed must be the lot That shares a love unmeasured. ACACIA, ROSE. PLATOXIC LOVE. lo, others kneel before thy shrine With Passion's words of fire ; But better far such love as mine. That never feels desire. To pray for thee at twilight hour. To dream of thee at night. To link thy name with every flowerThese make my love's delight. And years mny roll, and time may mar The beauty of thy brow. But thou, however distant far, Wilt be as dear as now. From Passion and its stains refined. My love is deep and pare ; Shall it not, bom of heart and mind, A= long as these endure ? AMARANTH. or this plnnt there are many species. The prettiest is the Globe Amarai-.ih — fiowci-s red, unfading. IMMOKTALITY. Oh, not fi.r the hue of thy roseate cheek. Nor the dimpled rubies that smile and speiik ; Oh, not for the flash of thy glowing eye, Nor the eloquent sound of thy soft, low sigh, Do I love thee, bright being of passion and grace I 'Tis tha Boul, the sweet sou! in thy beautiful face. Tlie sjiirit immortal, the charm that ne'er dies. That from death and the gloom of the grave will arise ; It is this that inthrals me : and thou unto me Art the embryo, only, of what thou shalt he; For thy mortal shall Uie^ but the beauty I love Ilalh an endless existence and progress above 1 10

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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. ANEMONE, FIELD. Gi-aiidcur is round thee, wherever thou art— Oh say, is there brightness like ths in thy heart ? If so, may no sorrows of mine ever dim SICICXKSS. The joys that are mantling thy cup to its brim ; In the shade of my lot, I'll adore thee afar— The worm on the earth may look up to the slar ! Ijke's frosts Ihou art too Frail to bear. And in its storms wouldvt perish ; A floweret Love alone should wear. And on his bosom cherish. BALM OF GILEAD. love, like a rock, should firmly stand. The Balm of Gilead is distinguished for its refinoiis snd arom.itic buds, which are useful for vulnerary appliAnd hang its shelter o'er thee ; cjaiiii. While only zephyrs soft and bland J>i!>pense their sweets around tlice. RELIEF. ♦ Mv dream is o'er, my heart's at rest; APPLE, THORN. Ko idle hopes its peace molest ; Xever again will love of mine DECKITFLL CHARMS. Be cast, rejected, from thy shrine. 1 i.ovK thee not. 1 will not luy One offering on thy shrine. Though others their dcvol^ons p.iy As though thuu vert divine. It is not pride that bids me wear A quiet and untroubled air; Jly smiles are no poor tricks of art — They speak the sunshine of my heart. I love thee not. I know deceit Farewell ! Pursue in peace thy way ; And guile are in thy heart,That all thy words, so soft and sweet. I care not where thy feet may stray ; No idle griefs my peace molest,— Are but the trfcks of art. My love is o'er, my heart's at rest. I love Ihce not. The simplest mind Is dearer far to me, (Though far less brilliant and refined,) BALSAM. Than ever thine can be! Common Wild Balsam : Imratient noli me tangert— Touch-me-not. ASH TREE. IMPATIEXCE. GRANDEUR. I CANNOT, will not longer brook Thy cold delay, thy prudent look ! CosTf.r the jewels that gleam on thy breastDost love me ? Share at once my fate. Beautiful maiden J say. art thou blest ? Be it or bright or desolate. llich are tho robes that envelop thy foi-m— I will abide no half-way love. Beats there beneath them a heart that is warm ? Kor wait for prudence ere 1 move ; Beautiful maiden ! slaves wait thy command— One more repulse, and I depart ! Leadest thou them with a lenient hand ? Come now, or never, to my heart.

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— ■" 1 THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. 29 BAEBEERY. BINDA^TEED, SMALL. This graceful shrub is well known. It is an ornament to the shrubbery, and is much esteemed for its fruiL It iiLsiiLrrr. War, a prelty yellow flower. LiKB thj Saviour, maid, thou an,— Humble, lowly, meek of heart: ILL TSyPKR. Fairest of the flowers of earth. Yet unconscious of thy worth. That frown but ill becomes thy face ; Ever thus pursue thy w.-iy. Tha-. pout hath spoilt thy lips' sweet gi-ace; Ever thus thy Lord obey ; Those peevish tones disturb the ear Dearest of all charms to me Accustomed thy ao/t notes to hear. Is thy sweet humility. Have I offended ? Gently chide. And I thine anger will abide ; Will kneel repentant at thy feet. ^ 1 Until my pardon is complete. BLUE BELL. Pay, dust thou not this mood regret ? Thou dost! Forgive, then, and furgct. CONSTANCY. TiiEv bid me foigct him : as if I could tear From my heart the dear image so long cherish'd there; Like a rose in the wilderness, blooming and free. BAY LEAP. Like a rose in the desert that love is to me. The Greek (able relates, that Daphne was transfomie.l I brood o'er my thoughts in the stillness of night; into the Riy tree, and that Apollo, her lover, I c.innot forget him— would not, if I might • crowned his head with the leaves. 'Tis the it.ir that illumines my desolate war. And gives it the glory and brightness of day. 1 CHANGE BUT IX DEATH. C. A. Fu.i.Eniton-N-. Though fate ordains that wo must part. And each fond tie doth sever. BONUS HENRICUS. Yet still thou reignest in my heart. Good Henry-one of the Ch^niopodium or goosefoot To be dethroned never 1 fan.ilv. 1 Thy resting-place it still shall be. Should grief or care assail thee ; GOOD.NKSS. i And when thy summer-friends all flee. This refuge ne'er shall fail thee. I KNOW thou art not beautiful, nor art thou Fortune's Thy memory, fondly there enshrined. chi'.d ; The dews of thought shall nourish ; Yet beameth ever from thine eye a spirit undefiled. i And from the dross of earth refined. I know that genius never shed its radiance on thy brow ; The plant oflove shall flouriA. Yet wert thou ever truthful, good, and kind as thou C A. TlM-EBFOVrH. art now. 1 ^

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— — _ ._. _ . 1 . II il i; 30 THE POETRY OF FLOWER?. ji I know thy form was never cast in fashion's grace'ul And then thy own trim, modest foiTU, 1 nioulQ, Is always neatly clad ; |! Nor do 1 wish in fashion's throng tliv presence to beThou sure wilt make the tidiest wife jl hou,; That ever husband had. So long as Nature's nobleness has niai'ked thee for her 1 No costly splendours needest thou 1 I would not give thy soul-lit smile lo share a monarch's To make thy home look bright ; 1 throne! For neatness on the humblest spot j MISSH. J. VOODMAN. Can shed a sunny light. ♦ BOX. BURDOCK. There are two kinds of Box,— the Arborescent, which This is known by its coarse, broad leaf. and rcund, buris twelve or siiteen feet high; and the Dwarf, which like blossom. 1 is used as a border for flower-beds. I-MPORTUNnTT. STOICISM. Op thy teasings and pleadinRs I'm heartily sick; I ne'er will weep again ! I'm sure if I loved thee i I will meet fate with an unblenching eye ; I'd tell ihee so quick. For better far in proud contempt to die, Than idly talk of pain. ■\Vhat use or advantage In wooing like this ? Can I not bear all things f When a woman says " Ko I " A7ho talks of weakness to a soul like mine ? Do you think she means " Ycxl " Love, hope, pity, sorrow I resign. And all that fortune brings. The longer thou sueut The colder I grow ; In lonely strength I stand. There— take my last answer ; Unmoved though earthquakes open at my feet ; Canst hear it ? 'Tis— JN'o / Though storms of malice on my bosom beat, I can their rage withstand. » CALLA. BROOM. I'his is a native of Ethiopia, and is much esteemed fr'r its oeautitul suow-wnue calyx, and broad, green leaves. NEATNESS. MODESTY. I LOVB to see thy gentle hand Thk blue bell by the meadow rill Dispose, with modest grace. Is not more fair than thou. The household things around thy home. With thy downcast and thoughtful eye. I i And " each thing in its place." Thy pure and gentle brow. 'II ._

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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 31 All sveet and holy dreams seem blent Within thy maiden heart ; How delicate in every lock. In every thought thou art ! The blush so frequent on thy cheek. Thy meek and quiet air. Thy low and gentle accents,— all Thy purity declare. CALYCANTHTJS. Allspice. COMP.^SSIO.V. Thv name is heard in crowds — They call thee good and great ; The brightness of the sunset clouds Seems showered upon thy fate. Where'er thy pathway leads They strew it o'er with flowers — Emblems of generous deeds Thy heart profusely showers; Oh, good and great for eyer be — Worthy the praise they yield to thee ! Bless thy God, the heart is not An abandoned urn. Where, all lonely and fr.rgot. Dust and ashes mc.um ; Bless Him, that Lis mercy brings Joy from out its withered things iiRs. Case. CAMOMILE. This plant has a white or yellow flower, and is mucb loTed for its fragrance. ESERGT !>■ .\DVERSITY. Onwabd ! Hath earth's ceaseless change Trampled on thy heart ? Faint not, for that restless range Soon will heal the smart. Trust the future — time will prore Earth hath stronger, truer love. CAITDYTUFT. lis is a pretty garden flower, bearing clusters of small wnite blossoms, and forms a very good border to a flower garden. I.VDIFFERKSCK. Take back thy flowers and billet-doux. Thy sonnets and thy rhymes ; To bum them all I've half resolved A dozen of diflferent times. So much waste paper lying round — So many withered herbs — I'm sure the very sight of them My quietude disturbs. Thou knowest well I little caro Fur gifts like these from thee; 'Tis love alone gives worth to such — And thou hast none from me. CANTEEBUEY BELI. ACKN'OWLEEGME>"T. Ah, must I tell thee? Well, 1 fear. The die is surely cast ; That I am thine, and only thine. Beloved, to the last. I could not see thee, hear thy voice. Or look upon thy brow, Ifor fail to love thee tenderly— Uy heart must break or bow. 11

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.- — mm 1 32 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 1 CARDINAL riOWER. CATCHFLY, RED. This is a beautiful flower. Flowers a rich scarlet. YOUTHFUL LOVE. DISTINCTION. I>'ever forget the holy love It hath been ours to keep Hbavbn grant thee, friend, a high soft star to he. Undimmed amid all cures and toils— Calm, still and bright, to trace thy way in heaven, The true, the pure, the deep. And shed thy light o'er life's tempestuous sea. The trusting love of early youth. Where human hearts, like fragile barks are driven, Still fair in its own changeless truth. 'Mid rocks and hidden shoals ; A soul 'mid glorious souls— Kevcr forget— h hath been joy. A small, pure star, within the glittering band. In suffering and in tears. That high above the clouds, undimmed and grand, To know that thou wert still the same In placid beauty, rolls. As in our earlier years. To herald on the weary to the land The cup of life were bitterer yet. Where all is rest and peace ; to guide the way Could I but deem thou wouldst forget. / To heayen's unclouded day ! Miss J. A. Flbtcher. CARNATIOJSf, YELLOW. CATCHl'LY, SILENE. This is a very rich and fragrant flower, growing someThere are nearly one hundred species of this flower. times as large as a rose. PRETENDED LOVE. DISDAIN. Of winning words, and tender looks. It is not well amid thy race to move My artless friend, beware ; And shut thy heart to sympathy and love. Along the path of human life It is not well to scorn inferior minds. Lurks many a fatal snare. And pass them by as though they w ere but hinds. Pride may become thee, as the veil a nun. Trust seldom, and with much reserve ; But ah ! they love thee not whom thou dost shun ! Few merit gen'rous faith ; And days may come to thee when human love And should guiU speak, oh give no heed Thou wilt desire all earthly things above ; To what the tempter saith. And thou wilt mourn that, in thy days of pride. Thou didst not win some true hearts to thy side ; I fear some treacherous snare is laid Wilt mourn that now, thy rank and wealth have Along thy flowery way ; flown. Oh, be thou cautious— smiles may cheat. Thou'rt left to suffer and to die alone. And tender words betray.

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1 r 1 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 33 ] CEDAE TREE. CLEMATIS. This tree is a naHre of Xorth America, and is one of our prettiest evergreens. The wood is considered valuable for many purposes of building, 4c This is a very graceful climbing plant, bearing white and pale-blue Sowers. STRENGTH, MENTAL BF.ACTT, Onward, for the truth* of God ! ExcEXLixG riches dwell within thy mind— ! 1 Onward, for the right ! Strong, fervent thought, and eloquence refined ; 1 1 1 Firmly let the field be trod. Ideal beauty clusters round thy soul. 1 In life's coming fight : "NVTiile deep within, the waves of feeUng roll. Heaven's own hand will lead thee on. Religious fervour mingles with the grace Guard thee till thy task is done ! Of playful fancy to illume thy face ; 1 • • • • And sparkling wit vith graver sense unites. Then will brighter, sweeter flowers, 1 Blossom round thy way. Than e'er sprung in Hope's giad bowers j In thine early day— And the rolling years shall bring Strength and healing on their wing. ilB*. Cask. And fills thine eye with many changing lights. Oh, beautiful indeed, a mind like thine. And well might angels bow at such a shrine ; 1 But man, weak man, oft passes idly by, ' To T7orship beauty that attracts the eye ; While mental grace, a channthat ne.'er can fade. Flies from the crcwd. and dwells amid the shade. ^ 1 ♦ COEEOPSIS. CHINA ASTEK, DOUBLE. The Aster is a very extensive genus, but there is none so beautiful as the cultiyated China Aster. This is a bright yellow flower, much ailtivated in modern gardens. It continues in bloom from June till autumn. ALWATS CHEERFUL. I PARTAKE TOLR SE.STIMEyTS. 1 Lovely thou art, ay, lovely ; Yes, I am thine ! Tpon thy bosom leaning, Ko grief hath power to damp my fervent bliss ; Nor can such love to thee be overweening— And sorrow shared with thee, As if magician-changed, becomes A pleasure unto me. 1 Thou art deserving all, and more than this ! life's sky, though clothed with tempest-clouds. i ! Beloved, ne'er from thee one moment straying. Grows bright when thou art nigh ; My heart shall twine its roots upon thy truth ; All Ughter loves than this are fast decaying. And tears e'en turn to smiles beneath Thine angel-gifted eye. Lest in the dying years of sunny youth. ! 11 BS. Scorr. 1

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il 34 THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. CORIANDER. Showered trembling sweetness on the glancing streams, And stole its hue from sunset's golden beams. This has a fmsrant, spicy seed, formerly ranch esteemed by housewives and confectioners. She twined the orchis in her haiel hair. COSCEALKD MERIT. And stole the violets from the brook-side dell : The wilding race was her peculiar care. NoNB know thy goodness. Like the fragrant mint, Her dearest music was the foxglove's bell. Hid in the umbrage of some lowly glen. "When the wild bee with his transparent wings Thy virtues lie concealed ; and only love Stirs the sweet air, and makes believe he sings. In its deep research can unlock the wealth Of thy benignant soul, and bring to light ♦ Its hidden jewels. The lone suffering heart. The humble poor, the sorrowing and forlorn. These know thy worth. Oh, is not fame liko this CRANBERRY. Beyond the praises of a heartless world ? CURE FOR HEART- ACHE, Art thou foi-saken ? Cold and dark, indeed, ♦ CORN. The fate unsoothed by frmpathetic tean ! And well the stricken heart unstanched may bleed, RICHES. AVith no soft, pitying voice to lull its fears. " Look up, thou poor forsaken ! " Jesus sped. Ip thou'lt be mine, no want or care Shall e'er disturb thy life ; Thy dnys shall all be bright and fair, With worldly blessings rife. All trustful, through a lot as dark as thine ; And know'st thou not th.it wheresoe'er he led. The path tends onward to a rest divine ? Art thou reviled ? Do foes insnare thy feet ? Do proud ones mock thee, and thy friends betray ? If thou'lt be mine, bright gems chall deck Thy snowy arms and breast. And pc-arls shall cluster round thy neck. And on thy forcheiid rest. Thou canst not drain the bitter from the sweet, Kor pluck the rose and throw the thorn away. But, like thy Saviour, tuni the other cheek When one is struck, and say, " Thrm art forgiven 7" Like him be faithful, and like him be meek. If thou'lt be mine, what have I, love. And speed, as he sped, hopefully to heaven ! That is not also thine ♦ Oh then my heart no lor.ger prove. But say thou wilt be mine. CYPRESS. COWSLIP. MOCRXIXG. A vei7 bright, beautiful yellow flower. Thev came and went like shadows. The blessed dreams of youth. WIXSIXG GRACE. And they left behind no impress Or record of their ti-uth. 8hb grew in love. Around her infant home Then the future was all sunshine. Life hung its summer hues, and very fair In gorgeous robes arrayed ; ■W'as this wild earth to her. She learned to roam But ever as I've reached it. In artless radUnce where the woodland air ! Its sunshine turned to shade.

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- ■■ ■■ -^ II - 1 THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. 3.3 I 1 1 1 I've seen the colours fc-iins; A snow-drop 'mid earth's darker hues. From all that I could prize. Unwarmed by flattery's breath ; Like day's departing plories A harp-tone flung from cherub hands. Irom out the sunset skies ; Wringing out joy from death. And full roughly I have ridden Ito:. Sc-o le

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36 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. ILOWERING RUSH. CONFIDENCE IN HEAVEN. Oit, there is solemn peace, and strength sublime, And holy fortitude, and deep sweet rest, In all our thoughts and visions of that clime Where dwell the spiriti of the Wed and blest. In eyery hue of gladsome be.iuty dre.t, They come across our hearts like gleams of Ii:;ht, Fraught with amission, at God's high behest — A mission to relieve our mental sight By glimpses of a life where all is calm and bright. FORGET-ME-NOT. A very pretty, but minute flower, growing by the bivok-sides. Colour, sky blue. TRUE LOVE. CivK not to weary thought the love That should be solely mine ; Kor tire thee of the shrinking dove Thou call'st so fondly thine. I know my words are weak and sm.illFor mind like thine unmeet ; But I have love beyond them all. To lavish at thy feet. Nay, heed it not, this foolbh tear That trembles in mine eye ; It always comes when thou art here, — 1 know not how or why. It is not grief, or pain, or joy, — It comes of love, may be ; Then do not thou the spell destroy — 'Tis bliss to weep for thee I GENTIAN. A veiT beautiful autumn wild flower, of a deep bit colour, with delicately fringed petals. VIRGIN PRIDE. AixrsK and pure my life shall be, A vestal flame from passion free ; (nwoii, un.iooej liy human love, 31y heart thall fix its hopes above. Approach me not with tempting wil.sMy lip denies thee while it smiles ; In virgin libertv and peace I will live out my mortal lease. GERANIUM, SCENTED. Leaves rose-scented. Flosvers puiplish pink. PliEFERENCE. Others may wear a gayer smi!e. And speak in richer tones ; But ah ! my heart, my heart, the while. Each spell save thine disowns. Dearer to me one word of thine Than all that others speak ; Jty heart I lay upon thy shrine — Accept it ere it break. GERANIUM, SILVER-LEAVED. This has a beautiful silvery leaf. Come back ! oh come ! The pMt shall be A cloud fore'er removed ; Come back, and in my welcome see How thou art still beloved. I rtrove in vain to bid my heart Forget its early dream ; For, ah ! the dream would not depart. And thou wert still its theme. Come back, r.nd never more shall doubt Or cold distrust be mine ; Mr heart hath cast tlicsc demons out. And now is wholly thine.

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!t THE POETRY OF FLOAVER?. 37 GERANIUM, WILD. 1 see thee, if far up the pathway yonder The dust be stirred ; DISArPOINTKD LXPECTATIOy. If faint steps o'er the little bridge to wander At night be heard. Oh, give me back my maiden liaunt Beside the meadow brook ; I hior thee, \vhen the tossing waves' low rumbling I vrearr for the simple stenes Creeps up the hill ; My foolish heart foi^ook. 1 go to tht lone wood, and listen, trembling, | A couch beneath our cottage-roof •When all is still. j Gave calm and sweet repose ; Goethe. j I never wakened then to weep. Kor slept to dream of woes. ♦ ■ >-cw dwell I here, a slave 'mid slavesGOLDEN ROD. Akidwiihiuafold; Alas ! I do not love my chains. flowers bright yellow, and very showy. Although they are of gold. I do not love those gaudy rooms. This incense-laden air ; EXCOIRAGEMEKT. How sweeter far the mountain-rocks 1 And wild winds breathing there ! I WILL not chide thy love, Xor crush its budding flower; * GILLY FLOWER. But it must look above Flowers bright red, purple, or white. The white Gilly For fostering sun and slioirer. ylo«eris^c.7fra^^lnt. May be, when months are o'er. UXFADIXG HEAUTY. This heart may be all thine ; Oh, wouidst thou ask for more Oh faint, indeed, are outward hues From lips reserved as mine. Compared with thy rich mental light ; Each day thy thoughts their rays diffuse. Yet grow each added day more bright. GRASS. To scatter charms so rich as thine. In vain time's surging billows roll ; There are mnre than thve hundred species ofGi-ass. The pearls that on thy forehead shiuo Some have very pretty flowers. Are gathered daily from thy soul. SUUMISSTOX, GNAPHALIUM, EVERLASTING. 1 AM resigned. "VVTiate'er my fate may be,— SKVEil-CEASING REMEMBRANCE. Or storms, or sunshine, to Thy will I bow ; And be the fruit that hangs ou life's green tree I THINK cf thee when .he bright suiili^-ht shimmers Or sweet, or bitter, it is welcome now. Across the sea ; All things are equal to the heart that bears AVhen the clear fountain in the moonbeam glimmers. A faith unblcncting through earth's thousand 1 think of thee. snares. , .. ._ 1

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38 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 1 am resigiicci. In holy liope and trust I wait the coming of a brighter Uay ; And though but thorns, and rocks, and scorchi dust. Lie all along my melancholy way Tet with a fervent heart and willine mind I can look up and say, / am resigned I HAWTHORN. Flowers white. Berries scarlet. Hove on, hope ever! Dark o'er us now the clouds cf grief are brooding. Hoarsely the stresmlcts murmur at our feet ; Bright birds of song, our eager gia?p eluding. Far from our tree of loye and life retreat. But oh ! not yet, my gentle friend, shall leave U3 The feryent hope of sunshine and of joy ; And whatsoe'er of wrong may come to giievc us, Let there be one thing grief can ne'er destroy — Hope on, hope everl HAZEL. This shrub is well known to children for its sweet, palatable nut. The shrub itself is green and pretty. RECOXCILIATIOX. Wk have been friendly together— it cannot all be o'er; Oh, let us nurse the smothered spark, till it shall blas;e once more I Here, take this hand ; as once you deemed, its grasp is warm and true. And in my heart a gushing fount of love still springs for you. Oh, bless that beaming bmilc ; it comes all sorrow to dispel ; We're friends cnce more together — I will not say farewell 1 Mrs. Sawyer. HELIOTROPE. Flowers white, or faint purple. Tcry sweet scented. Turns toward the sun. DEVOTIOX. Ah ! I would fit for long, long hours. And let thee read my heart — Its Greek, and poetry, and floweis. And words cf cunning art ; And never think, with all thy skill. That thou couldst make it plain ; For something thou wouldst End there still To study o'er again. Deep graved upon its secret leaves Are mysteries so rare. That all the aid thy mind receives From books would fail thee there. But I, yes I, with simple pride. Could soon explain the key ; Here, take this sentence for thy guide — ify love for God and thek t HIBISCUS. A kind of Mallow. Flowers white and purple, or i faint straw-colour and purple. DELICATE BEAUTY. Seek for beauty if thou wilt. But mark the quality ; not that which shines From human face divine, and gains applause From gaping starers — that which fools admire. And seek no other; but that higher kind "Which earth not only approbates, but heaven. Pure, bright, celestial ! — beauty of the soul — BSAITV OV HOLINESS I J. G. Ada us.

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"" 1 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 39 1 HOLLYHOCK, WHITE. HONEYSUCKLE, WILD. (1 A native of the Ea5t. Flowers of a varietr of colours— Flowers white, rtd, scarlet, and beautiful. ! J single and double. DEVOTED LOVE. AMBITION-. I CO with thee ! I will be thine. In weal, in want, in woe ; My Uurel-wrealh with blood is stainedHow great hath b«en its cost ! Thy path, where'er it leads, is mine— I go, my love, I go ! What is the glory I hare gaiiicl. Compared with what I've lost ?— Earth's proudest ones hare sought my shrine. And offered incense there ; But gladly would I all resign. •Tis not for wealth I seek the rhade Of forest bower and tree; To share the burdens on thee laid— For thit I go with thee. A guict heart to bear ! C. A. FirxEBRowx. Ah ! Peace is nerer found in Pleasure's whirl. HOUSTONIA. Nor where Ambition's luring meteors bum. A small, delicate spring flower. Flowers wLite, These bring no lasting joy ; in humUe worth purple, scarlet, and blue. Lies all the enduring glory of this earth. S. C. E. ♦ CONTKXT. CcME to our cottage, love. How sweetly there The rose-trees bloom ! How the soft-scented air Plays round its shaded trellises, a..d floaW HONEY ELOWEE. Through our own quiet rooms. The woodlark'a notes. The sweetest in the choir of earth, awake SWEET A>-D SECRET LOVE. Our happy spirits to the dny, and make Our morning hymn of pi aisc The mellow beams Of the rich sun shine eently on the streams I TnisK of thee, thou fair one. In my sad and lonely hours ; Thet murmur there ; and thy pure, faithful love Smiles on me ever. And the thought of thee ccmes o'er me Like the breath of morning flowers. 1 Like music that enchants the ear. HYDRANGEA. Like sights that bless the eye. Flowers rose-colour, sometimes blue. Hue very Like the verdure of the meadow. changeable. The azure of the rky. IIEARTLESS.SES5. Lik« rainbow in the CTcninK, Likt blossom on the tree. Yes, thou canst smile and be as gay Is the thought of thee, thou loved one,— As though no heart thy guile had broken ; Is the tender thought of thee : John Eexvov. While every step along my way Brings up of thee some painful token. 1 A i '

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— -^ 40 THE rOETRY OF FLO^VERS. Thou brcuthest iu a doz..n cr.rs The same fond words once breatlied to nie; JASMINE, WHITE. While I, alas ! in secret tears. Can ouly think and drcara of thee. An Asiatic genus. Flowers white and Tery fi-agraiU. Plant climbing. ♦ AMIABILITY. IRIS. Flowers of various colours— commonly blue. Thikr is that excelling virtue The pure-hearted only know ; Tliine that unassuming goodness I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR TUEE. Which iu silent deeds doth flow. Thou dost make the poor and needy Wi'ttK not thy spirit purified to look In thy presence to rejoice ; Through all things beautiful to God and heaycn. All the bowed and broken-hearted Tiiese gentle reading's fn.m love's holy book Love thy peace-intpiring voice. Had not been given. Were thine eye sealed to those sweet lessons, taught Mrs. Scott. In the dim oracles of leaf and tree. JASMINE, YELLOW. I had not made them messengers of thought. Dear friend, to thee. GRACE AXD ELEGANXK. But take them now, for they will talk to thee In the sweet accents of poetic lore ; Heed their soft pleadinj;s— kindly ' think o/mc'— LiKB the foam on the w.-ive floating down to the sea. 1 ask no more. Like the zephyr that flits o'er the grain-covered lea, like the sifi fleecy cloud o'er the face of the moon. Like the sail of a bir^i on the still air of noon,— So gi-accful, and airy, and gentle art thou. IVY. With thy curls floating fr

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" THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 4J 1 1 1 To sec thee, hear thee, know that thou firt nl-h, Thy beauty brvs a twilight grace. |i Oh, ihii is joy unknown to me before ; Half-shado^>y and half-brigh;— jl All other thoughts are gone when thou art by— [; Thcu fill'st mv heart — it can contain no more I A curtain o'er tliy radiant face Of intellectual light. ♦ ♦ KING CTJP. LADY'S SLIPPEE. • A x-ery glossy, yellow flower, common Jn our fields in June. It is sometimes found doubW in gardens. Flowers purple, pink, yellow, &c. CAPRICTOLS BEAUTT. Chanoi>g ever, who can dare 1 WISn I WERE RICH. Trust his feelings to thy care ? Smiling now, and now so vexed, Who knows what to look for neit t Oh, had I wealth, upon thy shrine "Who can love th£e if they would ; I'd pour its lavish treasures forth. Or vorjid love thee if thcv could ♦ And every jewel should be thine What but agony and fear. That glistens in the sea or earth. First a smile and then a tear. Could attend a true devotion Oh, had I wealth, no want should come To a heart of such commotion? To breathe iis blisht upon thy heart ; Kay, capricious one ! belic^e mo. 1 And round thy rich and beauteous home Thine's no more the power to grieve me : Should cluster every gem of art. * Oh, had I wealth, I'd lay it all •With pride and pleasure at thy feet ; LAEKSPUE, PINK. And thou shouldst shine in heme and hall. The fairest that the eve could meet. Floners blue, white, and pink. A very handsome, shuwy blossom, e.Tsy of cultivation. FICKLENESS. ' 1 TiABUENTTM. Thou art net what thou wert, — Farewell, and may God bl

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4-2 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. LAUREL, MOimTAIN. AMBITION. Thou callest me the glorious Sun ; Then thou the Moon sliilt be ; For idle all the fame I've won, L'uless conferred on Ibee. 1 only covet darling light, Tliat I may see thee shine; And gladly bide myself from sight, To leave the world all thine I Then think not I forget thee, love. Though high my course may be ; Not mine the laurel « reath they've wove — 1 won it, love, for thee ! LEMON BLOSSOM. A native of warm climates. Flowers small, pink. DISCKF.TIOX. 'Trs better, far, than beauty, or the grace That captivates the eye, that sober charm Of thine, which o'er thy words and deeds Keeps constant vif;il:ince. A steward, thou. Faithful to the beat riches of thy soul ; And he who puts his trust in one like thee, 'Mid all his cares will find unbroken rest. LETTUCE. k common garden vegetable. Flowers greenish uhii COLD-IIKARTED. ■What matters all the nobleness Which in her breast rcsideth. And what the warmth and tenderness Her mien of coldness hidcth, If but ungenerous thoughts prevail "When thou her bosom wouldst assail, While tenderness and warmth do ne'er. By any chance, t'ward thee appear ? C. F. HOPFMA LICHEN. DKJF.CTIOX. I WOULD not stay for ever here. In this sad world of care and pain ; I would not have life linger on, Or give my thoughts to earth again. I long to close my tearful eyes. Recline my weary, aiching head Upon the couch where all is peace. And rest among the early dead. • • • • Inwove with many a darkening thread The texture of my life appears ; How vain were all its sweetest hopes. How more than bitter were its tears I Miss M. A. DoDD. LILAC, PURPLE. Too well known to need description. Flowers purple FIRST EMOTION' OF I.OVE. How sweet and rapturous 'tis to feel Ourselves exalted in a lovely soul ! — To know our joys make glow ariother's cheek. Our fears do tremble in another's heart. Our sufferings bedew another's eye 1 SCIIIM.ER. As the little floweret hideth By the woodland stream. So in youthful hearts abideth Love's fiist witching dream. Miss J. A. Fletchfk.

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■■ THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 43 1 1 LILY, WHITE. Throw by thy foolish wit and soi.gs, Tliy graceful tricks of art. And, far from fashion's hearties throngs. I PURITY AND SWEETXESS. Ask me not why I shou'd love her : Add wisdom to thy heart. ! Look upon these soul-full eves ! MALLOW, MiRSH. Look wliile mirth or feeUng moves her And see there how sweetly rise SWEET DISPOSITION". Thoughts gay and gentle from a breast AVhich is of innocence the nest— The friend we love is youthful and fair. AVhich, though each joy were from it fled. And gentle and pure as the angels are ; By truth would still be tei anted ! Sincerity dwells in her earnest eyes. C. F. HorF..A.v. And her sou', i-i warm as the southern ski.s ! Oh, the friend we love is a friend indeei.— She's e^er true in the hour of need ! LOCUST TREE, GREEN. Mrs. Scott. A very handsome ornamental tree or shi ub. Blosscms ♦ white and fragrant. MAPLE. AEFECTIOX BEYOXD THE GRAVE. RESERVE. What though the loving heart is wrung There are several species of the maple, five of which By chilling words of cold farewell ? r.re large trees, and valuable both for timber and fp.ccharine matter. And u'tr its dying hopes is ilung A VEii, is round thee, and thy heart Their echoing knell t Is like a hidden flower ; But could we see thee as thou art. Shall we not meet in that bright Isoid We should confess thy power. Where paiting words are never spoken. And lore b not a brittle band Oh, throw that modest screen aside. bo lishtly broken 5 Andlct us read thy bean; Thru canst not aU its goodness hide— Phall we nof all meet there to love. Ohwhy, then, veil a part? With love that hai jio trembling fetim. In thu dear home, fur, far above This land of tears? MARIGOLD. LONDON PRIDE. CONTEMPT. Leave nie to my lot ! FRIVOLITY. Be it or death or slavery, it were bliss ! To what thy love would i>roffer ! / am free ! Love should have higher, nobler aims, Talk to the wild bird battling with the storm. Than mirth, and song, and dance ; Of shelter in the cage ; or woo the kid Oh, then, from sport and idle games From the bluff rocks ;o nestle at thy feet ; To higher deeds advance. 1 But mock not me with bribes i 4 1

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44 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. MIGNONETTE. MYRTLE. Flowei-s very fragrant. Colour greciiUh white, with A beautiful tree, held in high estimation by the ancients. Flow ers white. LOVE IX ABSENCE. YOUR QUALITIES SURPASS YOUR CHARMS. 1 MISS thee each lone hour. Ceal'tt consists not in the sparkling eve. Star of my heart ! The damask cheek and lip, or forehead high ; No other voice hath power Not in the graceful form, or glistening hair. Or melody of voice ! Oh no 1 not there ;— But in the sour,, which every glance displays Basking f..r ever in affection's ray*Speaking in love's soft tones, with sunlight smile, Joy to impart. 1 listen for thy hasty step. Thy kind. s«eet tone; But sorrowing silence whispers me, Tltou art alone 1 Which can an aching heart from woe beguile ! Darkness is on the hearthIt dwelleth there in majesty supreme. Nought do I say ; Sweeter than music's voice, or seraph's dream ! Books are but little worth— Miss JI. J. Woodmaw. Tiwuart away! Voices, the true and kind. Str.inge are to me ; 1 have lost heart and mind, Thinking of thee. Mrs. Scott. MOSS. A There arc many different kinds of Moss, all of «l.ich are greatly admired fur Ibeii- verdure and beauty. NASTURTIUM. IIATERNAL LOVE. Flowers golden yellow. Very brilliant. Plar.t somewhat creeping. KtMBEB thy lamps of love, and tell me now PATRIOTISM. How many canst thou re-light at the stars. And blush not at their burning ♦ One I— one only !— Hail to the land whereon we tread. Lit while your pulses by one heart kept time. Our fondest boast ! « • • And fed with faithful fondness to your grave — (Though sometimes w ith a hand stretched back fh)m heaven) Steadfast through all things — near when most forgot— And with its finger of unerring truth Pointing the lost way in thy darkest hour. One lamp — thy mottier's love— sunid the stars Shall lift its pure fiame changeless, and before The throne of God burn through eternity — Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here. K. P. WiLlIg. There is no other land like thee. No dearer shore ; Thou art the shelter of the free, — The home, the port of liberty. Thou hast been, and shall ever be, Till time ii o'er. £re I ff rget to think upon My land, shall mother curse the son She bore. J. G. Pkbci

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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 4o NIGHTSHADE. OLEAin)EE. DARK TiiocGnrs. BEVVARK ! Ma RCH— march— marchI KKUTV they hare pleaded, the fneuds that are round Earth groans as they ti ead ! thee; Each carries a skull. I know they have warned thee, entreated and wept ; Going down to the dead ! They have shown thee the guile in the spell that haih bound thee. Every stride, every stamp, And the serpent whose coils round thy spirit have Evei7 footfall is bolder ;— crept. •Tis a skdeton's tramp. With a skull on its shoulder. Yet still the grim cavern yawns wide to receive thee. And now, while no terrors thy spirit oppress. But oh ! how he steps I urge this last prayer, not to frighten or grieve thee,— With a high-to«sing head. Oh, no ! but to save thee, redeem thee, and bless. That clar-coTercd bone. Going down to the dead ! I pray thee, beseech thee, if e'er thou hast loved me. A. C. Coke. By all our past sorrows, and trials, and tears. OAK TREE. The Ouk embraces about eighty species. nOSPITALlTV. Thanks for the kindly courtesies Beside Ihy heaithstone shared ; Be every joy that round it lies And every blessing spared I The roof that over me hath spread A shelter kind and warm, Ob, may it shield thy geu'roiu head From every chilling stoi-m ! For kind, indeed, have been thy care Since 'neath its shade 1 came ; I've shared in all thy household praye Thou Shalt in mine the same. By all the caprices with which thou hast proved me, lUtuni to the truth of thine earlier years I PANSY. This flower has three colours—purple, yellow, and blue. It is much cultivated, and highly eeteemcd. YOU OCCCPY MY TIIOrGlITS. I HAVE sweet thoughts of thee ! They come around me like the voice of song ; They come like birds that to the south belong. And wear a gnyer wing, and brighter crest. Than those that on the rooftrec build the nest; They come more tender, beautiful, and briglil. Than any thoughts that others can excite ; They tell me gentle tales of thee and thine ; Of gems of truth that in thy spirit shine ; Of goodness, purity, and holy zeal. That can for others earnest pity feel ; Of all things beautiful in soul and heart, — And such they tell me, dearest, that thou art !

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1 ,^ THE POETRY OF FLOTN'ERS. | 1 1 PASSION FLOWER. | One hour hath passed—and o'er the dcrp blue sky A dimness hangs, whose chill is in my heart ; 1 The wind with funeral moans goes sweeping by. RELIGIOUS FEKVOCR. And asks in every whisp

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— ■ THE POETRY OF FL0T7EKS. 47 PINE, PITCH. A love all sacrifice and suffering ; a star That gathers lustre from the gloom of night; Found from Canada to Carolina. Leaves dark green and glos>v. A martjT's fond idolatry ; a faith Baptized in tears, to sorrow consecrate. JIrs. Whitman. 1 TIME AND FAITH. Wait thou for Tin.e, but to tl.r heart take Faith, ♦— Soft bcacoii-lisht upon a stormy sea: PINK, KED DOUBLE. A m'lii-.le for the pure in heart, to pass Through a dim world, untouched by living death. Root perennial. FIowci-s very fragrant. A cheerful watcher through the spirit's night. Soothing the grief from wliich she may not flee— PCKK AFFKCTIOX. A herald of glad news— a seraph bright. Pointing to sheltering havens yet to be. I NEVER have loved thee ;— yet strange though it be. So soft are the feelings I cherish for thee, Miss Licv iloopEn. That the wildest of passions could never impart More joy to my snul, or more bliss to my heart. They come o'er my breast in my happiest hours. They come like the south wind that rufHcJi the flowers. PINE, SPEUCE. A thril ing of s..flnes3, a thrilling of blissSay, is there no name for a passion like this ? HOPE I.V ADVERSITY. It cannot be friendship— it cannot be love ; Yet I know the sweet feeling de5cends from above. For it takes from my bosom no por ion of ease. Thb cloud may be dark, but there's sunshine beyond it; Yet adds all the rapture, the pleasure of these : The night may be o'er a

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48 THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. POLYANTHUS, LILAC. Let time its drapery of ivT thro*" A native of the Alps. Oiiginallv yellow, but by cultivation assumes various coluui-s. Pereuulal. O'er every painful monument of woe ; And in forgelfulness tliy sorrows lose. Since this is all the refuge thou canst choose. COXFIDEN'CK. Wherein to hide thy heart from Memory's pangs. " Trlst in thee 1 " Ay, dearest, there's no one but Or Qee the cloud that o'er thy pathway hangs. must, Unless truth be a.fable, in such as thee trust ! For who can see heaven's own hue in those eyes. POTATO. And doubt that truth with it came down from the skies ; ■While each thought of thy bosom, like morning's young light. BKXEVOLEXCE. Almost ere it is born, flashes there on his sight ! C. F. UOFFKAW. I.N deeds of charity thy soul delishts. In mercy, justice, and in human rights ; POPLAR, WHITE. Thy liberal heart deviscth liberal things, Thy hand o'er every path seme sunbeams flings ; ■ — The poor look up wiih blessings on thy face. T I :.i K. The children rush to mett thy kind embrace ; Wait thou for time I The slow-unfolding flower Chides man's impatient haste with long delay ; The harvest ripeninr in the autumnal sun— The golden fruit of suffering's weighty power The weak appeal to thee for just redress. The soiTowing throng thy path to praise and bless ; And all, of every station, age, and race. Implore thy favour, and extol thy grace. Within the soul— like soft bell's silvery chimo Kepeat the tones, if fame may not be won. Or if the heart, where thou shouldst find a shrine, II Breathe forth no blessings on thy lonely way I PEIMEOSE, EVEl^NG. "Wait thou for time— it hath a sorcerer's power To dim life's mockeries that gaily shine. This plant is from one to two feet high. Flowers of various colours, and open suddenly. To list the veil of seeming from the real. Bring to thy soul a rich or fearful dowor. IXCOXSTAXCY. With golden tracery on the sands of life. And raise the drooping heart from scenes ideal To a high purpose in the worid of strife. Wait thou for time I Hast forgotten the days, love, the Inng-vanished days. When our spiiiu communed through the bird and the flower ; Miss I.lcv Hooper. When the stars linked our thoughts by their glittcrinj; rays. In a chain that had more than electrical p..wer ? Those days were the violet b'ossoms of love— Younp flowers that have faded and shrunk fn-m thy POPPY. Of this pl.-int opium is made. Flowers scaHet, purple, crimson, and white. EVANESCENT PLEASURE. view ; But though withered, forgotten, to thee they may Lit the deep waters of oblivion roll prove. O'er all that irritates or grieves thy soul ; 1 , ,. They arc pressed to one heart ever faithful a-'d true.

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THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. 49 EOSE, AUSTRIAN. Leaflet fine, riowers small. And yet I hope, because 1 love With thoughts that set thee far above Vain Fortune's glittering store ; THOU ART ALL THAT IS LOVELY. Others may deem thou canst be won By things that sparkle in the sun, Tnr beauty wins my lieart By its unstudied grace ; But oh 1 I love thte more ; G. P. a. jAM'fs. There is no show of art In thy sweet, radiant face ; But soft simplicity and youth, And gentle love and sunny truth. EOSE, DEEP EED. Around thy face a spe'.l have thrown. That wins and makes me all thine own. BASUFUL LOVE. The blushing rose that hangs its head. EOSE, BEIDAL. Conceals within lis heart a flame "Which from that glowing noontide came. This belongs to the Bramble family. The flowers are IlAPPy LOVE. It has b^en said that love doth bind the heart Wore strungly to the fading things of earth. Not so » ith us ; our spirits have no part With feelings which are but of mortal birth ; Wi- love for heaven — let heaven become our home. Ere yet the angel becki'n us to come. And are you happy ? ask» some gentle one. In low, sofi accents, and with thoughtful eye. i'es, dear, and mere than happy, thcu^h the :un Is softly clouded, and the deep blue sky Orows deeper that it is not flubhed with light, — Though all the clouds that shade it are of white. EOSE-BUD, MOSS. The moss rose-bud is distinguished for iti beauty C0XFF5SI0N OF LOVE, I IK) believe that iir.lo thee Truth, honour, plain sincerity. Are jewels far before All that the others think are dear ; And yet far more than they I fear. Because I love thei morel So have / loved ;— but some strange spell Forbids my heart its tale to tell ; Here, — take this simple rose, aiid/eti The love my lips dure not reveal. EOSE, FULL MOSS. Flowers bright crimson — very fragrant. Sometimes itic blossoms are white ir pink. SUPERIOR MERIT. I NEVKR ,<:a a="" form="" before="" of="" such="" unrivalled="" loveliness="" nor="" one="" who="" was="" earth="" wore="" the="" look="" heaven="" upon="" her="" face.="" i="" never="" knew="" heart="" so="" kind.="" tears="" for="" o="" hers="" misery="" flow.="" saw="" hand="" gladly="" bind="" crushed="" and="" bleeding="" woe.="" spirit="" van="" from="" sin="" free="" gladness="" round="" path="" she="" shed.="" that="" all="" purity="" blessings="" on="" bright="" young="" head.="" in="" this="" cold="" world="" but="" to="" whom="" my="" h="" dear="" thousand="" chords="" love="" had="" bound="" being="" changeful="" sphere.="" miss="" pnoebb="" caret.=""/>

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50 THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. EOSE, FULL RED. Tnv looks how lovelv ! and thy face So eloquent with mental grace ! Thy motions are as light and free As zephyrs o'er a summer sea ; — Thou art, in truth, a wayward child, Thy words so gay, thy steps so wild ; And none can see thee speak or move Without some glow akin to love I SCABIOUS, SWEET. Ah, fare-thee-weil, thou loved and worshipped one! For deaih is at mr he^rt ; such death as steals To the young leaf when autumn frost and sun Tinge all its reins with beauty which conceals 'Neath radiant dyes the wasting of irs heart. — So shall I too in quiet smiles depart. SNOW BALL. TnOUGHT.S OF IIEAVEX. 'Tio good To be subdued at times ; the heart is wooed By these pure impulses to purer things. Cherish within your soul whatever brings Moments of sweet communion with high thought Joy hath its mini tries, but griefs are fr.-iught With gentler bU-ssiu-s. Let them come in soft And tender eloquence, and bear aloft Your faith on the white spirit-wings of prayer. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Root bulbous. Flowers white, six-petalled, with ; calyx. Sham, we not follow where His feet have trod. And, by an humble love, and failh sincere. Approach the likeness of the Son of God ? His Life is with us, and his quickening Word, Shall these be hidden from our daily sij;ht. Or only 'neath the temple's arches heard. Or dreamed of in tlie still, inactive night ? Oh no ! His holy lessons shall be learned By way-^ide coiuiings in our daily walk : And, as the hearts of his disciples burned When listening, as they journeyed, to his talk ; So shall ottr hearts be thrilled, our s. uls subdued. By the deep wisdom of his gentle .speech. Until with light, and peace, and love imbued, Hi^ kingdom and its rest divine we reach. STONECROP. TRAXQUILMTT. Tiiou rirt more blest, I deem, Than in thy gayer hours, though gri.f haih l.id Its surgeon hand upon thy heart, :ind loft Some aching wounds. Oh, truly blest alone Are they «ho by tho wondrous deeds of lime, Gentle or stern, have learned the holy peice ■Which dwells with God ; who have be mi taught to se.k A d'-eper love from Him — n love more pure And firm than that which dwells in human hearts. And throws a transient glory o'er the eartli. Peace with thee Make' its abiding home ; and though the world, With its consuming pleasures, com. s not h'Te, Yet F.iith, and Hope, and Charity are thine, With all their sweets. Such peace as theirs, this world Can neither give nor can it take away.

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■^ II THE POETRY OF FLO'VVERS. 51 STRAWBERRY. To age how kind thy courtesy. To woman how sincere ! PERFECT EXCELLENCE. Alike removed from vanity. Prom artifice and fear. Untoucheu by niortal passion, Thou seem'st of heavenly birth. Pure as the effluence of a star ♦ Just reached our distant earth. . SYRINGA. An inward light, to guide theo. Unto thy soul is given. Pure and serene as its divine MEMORY. Original in heaven. Type of the ransomed Tsyche ! Oh, Memory ! thou only wakener of the dead ! How gladly, hand ill hand. Thou only treasurer of the vanished past! To some new world I'd fly with thee How welcome art thou when bright hope is Red, From oflF this monal strand 1 And sorrow's mantle o'er the soul Is cast ! J. Aldrice. Back o'er those days, too beautiful to last. Thy gentle hand will lead the saddened thought ; And though the tears may trickle wai-rn and fast. Vet thy sweet pictures with such peace are fraught. SUNFLOWER, DWARF. The heart, beguiled, exclaims, " This is the fount 1 sought ! " ADORATION. The rose needs not the summer li^,ht. The bird needs not the sheltering tree. So much as I, in soitow's night, Keed smiles from thee. TULIP, VARIEGATED. Oh, never let thine eye grow cold. Thy cherished voice grow rude to me; Corolla bell-shaped. Ko calyx. Colour of the flower, in its natural state, crimson. By cultivation it has been made to assume evei y variety of hue. But let thy lip, as oft of old. Still smile on mc. BEAUTIFUL EYES. Melting, dazzling, tender, bright. SWEET WILT J AM. Full of Love's own gentle light ; Now downcast, and now uplifted. GALLANTRY. ■With a world of beauty gifted ; Drooping now with silent thought. Thb knights of old might envy thee Kow with joy and gladness fraught ; Arch and mirthful, soft and peniivo. Thy courtly grace of mien ; Kow asailing, now defensiveThy noble daring, brave and free Filled with glory from the skies— In every dangerous scene. Ah I who can describe thine eyes 7 u ) , 1.

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52 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. TULIP, YELLOW. HOPELESS LOVE. I CAv.voT rf-proach thee! A mali-on rest On the vroTd that would wound those kind feelings of thine ! Wert thou cohicr thnn snow on Monadanock's crest, The star of my love on thy spirit should shine. Yet thou lorest me not as thou lov'dst me of rore ; A clouil hath arisen, a- d passed o'er the li_lit. Jt is well I Way God bless thee, dear friend, evermore ; So the sun but gild Uiee, I can welcome the night. SPF.ATt kindly, oh speak soothingly. To him whose hopes are crossed, Whose blessed trust iu human lore Was early, early lest ; For wearily — how wearily 1 Drags life, if lore depart ; Oh, let the balm of gentle wortls Fall on tliL- smitttn heart ! Co gladly, wilh true sympathy. Where want's pale victims pine. And bid life's sweclest smiles again Along their pathway shine. Oh, heavily doth poverty Alan's nobkr instincts bind ; Tet sever not that chain to cast A sadiler on the m::id. M l.s. C'AMl VERBENA. SEXSITIVESKSS. Think eye at others' sorrow weeps. Thy lip at others' joy looks gay; Thy heart's deep fount of feeling keeps In gentle, yet perpetual play. The charms of nature thrill thy soul. For nature's o»n true child thou art ; And wave? of earnest feeling roll In ceaseless music through thy heart. VERNAL GRASS. POOR BIT HAPPY Mex call us poor — it may be true A mid the gay and glittering crowd ; We feel it, though our wants aie few. Vet envy not the proud. The freshness of love's early flowers. Heart-sheltered through long years of wani Pure hopes and quiet joys are ours. That wealth could never grant. W. H. Bt:ni.EiGn. VERONICA. FIDELITY. There are some spirits fitly strung To echo back the tones of mine ; And those few cherished souls among, I dare, dear fiieiui, to number thine. Angels att

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V * !! i THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 53 1 VIOLET, PUEPLE. Flowkb of the solitary placet Gray Ruii.'s golden crown. TOU OCCUPY MY TIIOUGniS. That lendesl mel.incliolv gi-ace The sun is bright— its guUIen ravs CiKl mountain-top and aower; O'er rock, and »ave, ans beams To hannts of old renown: Thou manliest o'er the battlement By strife or storm decayed ; And fiUest up each envious rent Time's canker tooth hath made. 1 i 1 Mr weary heart can sec. ' Whle rocks, and vale*, and glancing streams Keep me away from thee ! . The waves to others wear a light More gl' rioiis than the sky ; To mg earh's hues are only bright WOODRUPF. llellected from thine eve. The world may deem mc dull and sad— I care not how that be ; MODEST WORTH. I nev rcan nor will be g^ad. My lore, away from thee ! TiiivB excellence is of a rare degree; Though praised by others 'tis unknown to the*. WALLFLOWER. In humble deeds ..f love and kindly care To those who in earh's riches own no share ; 1 PIDELITY IX MISFORTUXK. By acts of mercy all unseen of men ; By silent viaory over pride and sin ; A.V emblem true tbou art By faith, and hope, and charity on earth. Of love's enduring lustre, given Thou prov'st to others thy transccndciit worth; To cheer a lonely heart. AVhilst to tl-yself thy goodne-s is unknown— 1 UA»roN. Though Tirtiie crowns and claims thee for her own __

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