vLhc language of 



O\V the universal heart of man blesses flowers ! They are 

 wreathed round the cradle, the marriage-altar, and the 

 tomb. The Persian in the far East delights in their per- 

 fume, and writes his love in nosegays; while the Indian 

 child of the far West claps his hands with glee as he 

 gathers the abundant blossoms, the illuminated scrip- 

 tures of the prairies. The Cupid of the ancient Hindoos 

 tipped his arrows with flowers, and orange-flowers are a 

 bridal crown with us, a nation of yesterday. Flowers 

 amk-d the Grecian altar, and hung in votive wreath before the Chri>- 

 tian shrine. All these are appropriate uses. Flowers should deck the 

 brow of the youthful bride, for they are in themselves a lovely type of 

 marriage. They should twine round the tomb, for their perpetually re- 

 newed beauty is a symbol of the resurrection. They should festoon the 

 r, for their fragrance and their beauty ascend in perpetual worship 

 before the Most Hi'h. 



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Flowers have a language of their own, and it is this bright particular 



_ that we would teach our readers. How charmingly a yo ; 

 !'Mn;in can >p-ak to a young lady, and with what eloquent silence in 

 this delightful language. How delicately she can respond, the beautiful 

 Little flowers telling her tale in perfumed words ; what a delicat 

 the myrtle or the rose tells 1 How unhappy that which ha/il, 

 yellow r als, whili- ivv is the most faithful of all. 



ALMONDHOPS, 



hope, in dreams of a happier hour, 

 That alights upon misery's l>r<>\\, 



>Ut "f the silvery almond tlower, 

 That blooms on a leafless bough. 



odary Volubility. 



. . .Kick!. 



ndship. 



6 >r White. . . Klr-mre. 

 Aca< ; ,. t love 



Acanthus . arts. 



Art: 

 



Arhillea Millefolia \Var. 



A* -MI lite (Wolfsbane) .... Mi.santh: 

 Aconite, Crowfoot .-in. 



Adonia, Flos. Painful 



laeti 



African Marigold Vnl-ar mind-. 



Agnus Castus r(llneis. ln- 



difl 



Agrimony Thankfulness. 



in nule. 

 Almond (('minion Stupidity. lu- 



dii 



Almond (Flowering) B 



Almond, Laurel Pertidy. 



