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THE language of flowers has recently attracted so 

 much attention, that an acquaintance with it seems to 

 be deemed, if not an essential part of a polite educa- 

 tion, at least a graceful and elegant accomplishment. 

 A volume furnishing a complete interpretation of those 

 meanings most generally attached to flowers, has 

 therefore become a desirable, if not an essential part 

 of a gentleman's or a lady's library. In the manual 

 now offered to the public, an attempt has been made 

 to comprise all that is important in the way of inter- 

 pretation in a reasonable compass, and to adorn this 

 part of the work with such quotations from the best 

 poets of our language, both native and foreign, as 

 have a direct and graceful reference either to the 

 peculiarities of the flowers, or to the sentiments which 

 they are made to express. The outline of Botany 

 placed at the end of the volume will be found to con- 

 tain a sufficiently clear exposition of the Linnean sys- 

 tem to explain fully the scientific terms and the classi- 

 fication used in the body of the work. 



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