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POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
being disturbed by even the foot of the solitary hunter; 
where the light-footed deer would pace slowly along in 
his heathery fastness, then bound off in a moment 
with all the tleetness of the wind, when he saw the 
form of man intruding upon his forest habitation,— 
places where the spotted snake basks securely at the 
foot of the antique oak, while the long-tailed martin 
pursues its prey among the gnarled and moss-covered 
branches overhead,—where the little lizard peeps se¬ 
curely from its hole, and the wild cat glares with fiery 
eyes from the deepest solitude. Not that Love can 
ever be solitary or alone, for around it are floating 
sweet memories, eyes that bend tenderly downward, 
that fall sweeter than music upon the ear, and looks 
that were kindled into sweet affection by the warmth 
of love. 
The Heliotrope, in floral language, is dedicated to 
Devoted Attachment, a meaning synonymous to that 
given to our English Woodbine or Honeysuckle, in the 
language of flowers: it is a native of Peru, and might 
be well spared from our Alphabet of Love. Its smell 
is very overpowering in a close room, and as such con¬ 
sidered unhealthy. We know no legend connected 
with it, nor any poem that has been written in its 
