14 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
We have, in this little volume, added 
about thirty new significant blossoms to the 
old ones ; and our fair readers will thus 
find “a tongue” for the flowers which 
bloom in the conservatory and green-house, 
and will not be condemned during the long 
winter months to floral silence. 
We will close our introduction with Leigh 
Hunt’s playful lines on the language of 
flowers, or an Albanian love-letter. 
THE ALBANIAN LOVE-LETTER. 
An exquisite invention this, 
Worthy of Love’s most honied kiss. 
This art of writing billet-doux 
In buds, and odours, and bright hues. 
In saying all one feels and thinks 
In clever daffodils and pinks. 
Uttering (as well as silence may) 
The sweetest words the sweetest way : 
How fit, too, for a lady’s bosom. 
The place where billet-doux repose ’em. 
If ow charming in some rural spot. 
Combining love with garden plot. 
At once to cultivate one’s flowers, 
And one’s epistolary powers, 
