TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS 
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Aversion, China Pink 
Flower of a land whose natives are averse 
To foreign intercourse, thou'rt welcome here 
We love to talk with those of other climes, 
’Till national prejudices melt away. 
Bashfulness, Sensitive Plant, 
“ This little plant—how cautiously it meets 
Th’ approaching hand 1 advance, and it retreats ! ’ 
So shrinks the bashful maid, if au^ht that’s rud 
Should on her unveiled loveliuess intrude. 
Pull Blown Bose, 
Beauty, 
“ Emblem of beauty! for to thee it is 
That passion likens woman’s loveliness.” 
Queen of all flowers ! who can thy charms survey. 
Nor yield to thee the palm—the sovereign sway ? 
Beauty always new, China Rose 
Ever lovely, ever dear, 
Blossoming throughout the year; 
Ever fresh and ever new. 
All sweets are combined in you. 
Beauty is your j R 
only attraction, ^ 
Thou’rt beautiful, but scentless, one in whom we 
find v 
All outward graces, but who wants the graces of’ 
the mind; 
Round such, our best affections can never be 
entwined. 
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