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FLORAL POESY. 
FLOWER GAME. 
H AVE a large bouquet ready; let each person draw 
from it a flower, and the meaning attached to it 
will typify the future consort’s character. For ex¬ 
ample : —Say your bouquet for Spring consists or 
Violets, Hyacinths, Primroses, Daisies, Heart s-ease, 
Hawthorn, Daffodils; then the characters would be 
Violet, modest; Hyacinth, playful; Dark Hyacinth, 
mournful ; Primrose, simple, candid; Daisy, an eaii) 
riser; Heart’s-ease, kind, charitable, or thoughtful; 
Hawthorn, hopeful; Daffodil, daring. 
For Summer. 
Rose, loving ; White Rose, secret and canny ; Pink, 
haughty; Jasmine, elegant or amiable ; Lily, pure , Mig- 
nonnette, clever; Tulip, proud, conceited; Stock, hasty; 
Mezereon, a flirt ; Foxglove, deceitful ; Myrtle, de¬ 
voted ; Laurel, brave ; a Reed, musical; Hollyhock, 
ambitious , Marigold, rich ; Poppy, lazy ; Cornflower, 
extravagant; Dead Leaves, old ; Geranium, stupid ; 
Mimosa, nervous; Thistle, patriotic ; Thyme, merry ; 
Aster, changeable; Oak-leaf, hospitable. 
The profession of the destined lover will be found 
thus :—Lily, a person of rank ; Rose, an artist; This¬ 
tle, a Scotchman, and a soldier; Oak-leaf, a farmei , 
Laurel, a poet; Foxglove, a lawyer ; Cypress, a doctor ; 
Tulip, a freeholder ; Passion-flower, ,a clergyman; 
Marigold, a merchant; Shamrock, an Irishman ; Leek, 
a Welshman. 
