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IXS most Dictionaries are preceded by a 
Grammatical Introduction, which makes 
the learner acquainted with the rudimen¬ 
tary principles upon which the language 
is founded, so it is fitting that in the 
silent, but very expressive, language 
with which we have now to do, there 
should be a brief explanation given of 
the few general rules, which it behoves 
those to observe, who would become per¬ 
fect floral linguists;—we cannot do bet¬ 
ter than give this explanation in the very 
words of Phillips, to whose elaborate 
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