THE LANGUAGE OP FLOWERS. 23 
amusement and variety which the ladies shut 
up there, without employment, and without 
culture, must feel. It answers the purpose of 
enigmas, the solution of which amuses the 
vacant hours of the Turkish ladies, and is 
founded on a sort of crambo or born rime of 
which M. Hammeb has given not less than an 
hundred specimens.” We quote one of the 
specimens given by this ingenious Frenchman, 
in the Turkish and English languages : — 
“ Armonde — wer bana bir Ominde.” 
“ Pear — let me not Despair.” 
This, though not strictly floral, is the most 
manageable as regards the translation that 
could be hit upon, and we have therefore cho- 
sen it. Sometimes a word has various mean- 
ings, as various sentences rhyme with it ; for 
instance s 
“ Rose— you smile, but still my anguish grows, 
Rose — for thee my heart with love still glows.” 
Sometimes a double rhyme belongs to a single 
Word, as : — 
