TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
^ with the flowers as symbolical of 
SHthe various feelings and emotions 
|wjof the human breast, such as love, 
^mjoy, hoj)e, fear, doubt, despondency, 
lOjand the like, and their use as 
■■silent, yet most eloquent exj>re3si- 
5»|ons of the “ thoughts which lie too 
^Bdeep for tears,” or any other out- 
H»ward manifestation, and to which, 
Hawf iftentimes. the tongue dares not 
fiBgive utterance. In the east, this 
IHFloral Language has long since 
■IHbeen reduced to a system, as Per- 
jHcival sings— 
‘In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, 
Anri they tell in a garland their loves and 
cares •. 
