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INTRODUCTION 
In adding one to the many works -on flowers, 
that have, from time to time, been offered to the 
public, we make no apology. We believe that 
each, in its turn, has ministered to the widely- 
spread and still increasing taste for those most 
beautiful creations of the Divine Goodness, which 
every where surround us, with such forcible, though 
voiceless, appeals to our notice and love. We 
trust that this may be the gentle mission of our 
unpretending work. 
The selections of prose, we think, may be an 
acceptable addition to many readers, while they 
are not wholly inappropriate, as they inculcate 
the practice of a portion of the floral sentiments^ 
and illustrate their beauty when carried into the 
every-day duties of real life. 
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