/;• ' 
THE 
of 
V. w 
S most Dictionaries are preceded by a 
Grammatical Introduction, which makes 
the learner acquainted with the rudimen¬ 
tary principles upon which the language 
is founded, so it is fitting that in the 
silent, but very expressive, language 
with which we have now 
should be a brief explanatio 
the few general rules, which it behoves 
those to observe, who would become per¬ 
fect floral linguists;—we cannot do bet- 
^ ter than give this explanation in the very 
words of Phillips, to whose elaborate 
uc, iduguagi. 
' t0 d °> there 
tion given of .■■• 5 \ 
:„v. _ 
