emotion of man finds in the flowers something VOIC 

 that answers to it. Hence we find in the com- 

 mon names of so many of the flowers, not only 

 something of the life of the plant and its affili- 

 ations, nor merely suggestions of likeness to 

 other things in nature, but of ideal graces and 

 passions expressive of man's loves, sometimes 

 of his superstitions, and often of his religion. 

 Behind every flower of our gardens, and the 

 flowers of the field, is some memory, or in it 

 some suggestion of things deep in the common 

 heart of man. There is in truth no aspiration 

 of the soul which may not find an answering 

 note, no sorrow of the heart for which there 

 is not a message of peace. 



There is a mystical side of nature which calls 

 to the soul of man and compels the feeling that 

 there is something that comes through mater- 

 ial things that is more than material, that is, 

 indeed, spiritual. It carries our thoughts and 

 feelings out of the material to something akin 

 to our own spirits. There is something that 

 comes through eye, ear and imagination, that 

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