20 TTTE LOVEE’s OFF MTU NO, 
Mrs. Hermans believed that “the fine 
passion for flowers is the only one which 
long sickness leaves untouched with its 
chilling influence. Often, during this 
weary illness of mine, have I looked upon 
new books with indifference, when if a 
friend has sent me a few flowers, my heart 
has leaped up to their dreamy hues and 
odours, with a sudden sense of renovated 
childhood, which seems to me one of the 
mysteries of our being.” 
Nothing is so common as to bring flow¬ 
ers to invalids. It cheers them. It is a 
floral proof of friendship, sympathy, and 
affection. We have seen a benignant smile 
play upon the emaciated countenance on 
such a presentation, and a pleasure appa¬ 
rently diffused through the attenuated 
frame.—0 then “bring flowers, bring 
flowers, ” if ye can but comfort your suffer¬ 
ing friend. 
Often is the grave of a beloved friend 
visited by survivors; there flowers are 
strewed, or planted, in remembrance of 
the departed. There have we seen the 
bended attitude of survivors, marked the 
