LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Dejectiou, Lupine. 
“ Tristes lupini.” 
Virgil. 
A beautiful white lupine is found wild in North America. 
All the species have rich, velvety leaves, and the variety of 
color in their flowers is very great. 
Delicacy, Bluebottle. 
Departure, Sweet Pea. 
The dark sweet pea is a native of Sicily; and the light, 
of Ceylon. 
“ Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight, 
With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, 
And taper fingers catching at all things, 
To bind them all about with tiny rings.” 
Keats. 
Desertion, Anemone ( Windflower). 
Anemone was a nymph beloved by Zephyr. Flora, jealous, 
banished her from her court, and metamorphosed her into a 
flower which always expands before Spring has really returned. 
Zephyr abandoned this unhappy beauty to the rough caresses 
of Boreas, who shakes the blossom, rudely opens it, and 
soon destroys it. 
toesire, Jonquil. 
Thomson speaks of 
“ Jonquils of potent fragrance.” 
And Bidlake, — 
“ The jonquil loads with potent breath the air, 
And rich in golden glory nods.” 
Prior, too, — 
“ The smelling tuberose and jonquil declare 
The stronger impulse of the evening air.” 
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