50 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
It has a scent, as though Love for its dower 
Had on it all his odorous arrows tost ; 
For, though the rose has more perfuming power, 
The Violet (haply 'cause 'tis almost lost, 
And takes us so much trouble to discover) 
Stands first with most, but always with a lover. 
Barry CornwaJU 
At the Floral Games instituted at Toulouse in the 
early part of the fourteen century, in the time of the 
Troubadours, the prize awarded to the author of 
the best poetical composition consisted of a golden 
Violet, to which several other prizes were afterwards 
added by Clemence Isaure. This festival, inter- 
rupted by the Revolution was revived in 1806, 
and is still held annually in the town-house of 
Toulouse. 
