48 ®ultp. 
Tulip ....Declaration of Love. 
The Tulip is an extraordinary favourite in many 
parts of Europe and Asia; and, in Holland and Tur¬ 
key, the most extravagant prices are paid for fine spe¬ 
cimens. On account of the elegance of its form, the 
beauty of its colours, and its want of fragrance and 
other useful qualities, this flovrer has been considered 
as an appropriate symbol of a female who possesses no 
recommendation but a beautiful appearance. In the 
East, the Tulip is employed as the emblem by which a 
lover makes known his passion to his mistress; as the 
Tulip expresses the idea that he has a face all fire and 
a heart all coal. 
Not one of Flora’s brilliant race 
A form more perfect can display: 
Art could not feign more simple grace, 
Nor Nature take a line away. 
Yet, rich as morn, of many a hue, 
, When flushing clouds through darkness strike, 
The Tulip’s petals shine in dew, 
All beautiful, but none alike. 
Montgomery. 
My heart is sad and lonely, 
With weariness I pine; 
Would thou wert here, mine only,— 
Would I were wholly thine ! 
E. J. H. 
