■with the flowers as symbolical of 
■the various feelings and emotions 
■ of the human breast, such as love, ( 
I joy, hope, fear, doubt, despondency, 
land the like, and their use as 
■ silent, yet most eloquent expressi- 
lons of the “thoughts which lie too 
■ deep for tears,” or any other out- 
I ward manifestation, and to which, 
(oftentimes, the tongue dares not 
■give utterance. In the east, this 
I Floral Language has long since 
■ been reduced to a system, as J’er- 
Icival sings— 
I “ In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, 
I And they tell in a garland their loves and 
cares; 
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