OK, LANGUAGE OE FLOWERS. 
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with the most endearing affections ; ye 
people our dreams with forms of beauty, 
and images of richest hue ! "Without you, 
lovely flowers, this earth would be dark, 
desolate, and dead! 
Then, sweet flowers, we will love you, 
and ever gaze upon you; for by your ma¬ 
gical beauty, wondrous formation, rich 
and varied tints, and agreeable fragrance, 
you delight our senses, and instruct and 
elevate our minds. Ye metamorphose the 
desert into a garden of heaven, and spread 
a glory all around where you exist. You 
have tongues, you are symbolical; elo¬ 
quent is your speech, and full of import 
is your meaning. 
SPRING IS HERE. 
Hear how the nightingales, on every spray, 
Hail in wild notes the sweet return of May! 
The gale that o’er yon waving Almond blows, 
The verdant hank with silver blossoms strews, 
The smiling season decks each flowery glade; 
Be gay, too soon the flowers of spring will fade. 
Sin Wm. Jones. 
