THE 



LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENT 



OF 



FLOWERS. 



FLORAL RECORDS. 



| HE flower world is linked with all 

 the finer sympathies of our nature. 

 The sweet blossoms that cover the 

 green wood are the delight of our childhood ; 

 a bouquet is the best ornament of girlish 

 beauty, the meetest offering from young and 

 timid love. Flowers deck the chamber of 

 old age, and are the last sad gift of sorrow 

 to the dead. 



Who does not know that exquisite appeal 



