CONTENTS. 
SECTION FIRST. 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Part 1 .— FLOWERS AND THE SENTIMENTS 
WHICH THEY REPRESENT, ... 15 
Part ll.—SENTIMENTS AND THE ELOW- 
ERS WHICH REPRESENT 
THEM, ... ... ... ... 34 
SECTION SECOND. 
THE ASSOCIATIONS OF FLOWERS. 
Chapter I. — 
INTRODUCTION, 55 
Chapter II. — 
Primrose — Anticipations of Spring — Regions 
in which the Primrose is found — - 
— Cowslip — Some Account of order 
Primulacea — Nerses on the Mountain 
Primrose, ... ... ... 63 
Chapter III.- — 
Violet — Love of the Violet in Childhood — 
Situations of Violets — Violets of 
Pcestum — Autumn Violets — Violets in 
Canada- — Dog Violet — Regard of 
Poets for the Violet — Violets of 
Stratford — Violet in the East — Origin 
of Name — Rarity of Sweet Violet in 
Scotland — Violet Sherbet, ... ... 6g 
Chapter IV. — 
Hearf s-ease- — Wild Species of this Flower — 
F lower Shows — Diference between 
the Florist and the Botanist — Origin 
of various Names of the Hearf s~ease, y6 
Chapter V. — 
Rosemary — Former use of Rosemary at Fune- 
rals — F uneral customs in South Wales 
Honey of Narbonne — Derivation of 
name of Rosemary — Introduction of 
Plant into England — Labiate Flowers 
