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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
his badge the “Forget-me-not.” The Hawthorn was 
assumed by the Tudors as their especial insignia, in 
remembrance of the crown which they gained at Bosworth 
being found hanging on a Thorn. 
Thus we may give with a bouquet memories of mytho¬ 
logy, history, usefulness, beauty, and fragrance; and in 
modern times we have added to the ancient claims of 
flowers that of language-a gift bestowed on them by 
aif! ; aS , t ’ an f. transplanted thence by one of the most 
gifted of Englishwomen, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 
bor this work, we have availed ourselves of alf the 
goodly heritage of flower-land. And with these few lines 
of introduction, we leave them to their more worthy 
chroniclers—the Poets. \ y 
