THE VOICES OF FLOWERS. 23 



and their message, and in gladness have they fulfilled and 

 declared it; for earth owes its fragrant beauty to the offerings 

 of flowers; and its fruits, and the food which nourishes the 

 millions of beings in the air and upon the land, have all sprung 

 from flowers, as if the fruits of creation should first be sanc 

 tified by the incense of floral innocence before committed to 

 our hands. Is it not true that God 



&quot;Might have made enough, enough 



For every want of ours, 

 For medicine, luxury, and for toil, 

 And yet have made no flowers&quot; ? 



