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tions attached to several others, as the black 
poplar and the Rowan tree. 
In the Language of Flowers— 
“The rose is a sign of joy and love,_ 
Young blushing love in its early dawn ; 
And the mildness that suits the gentle dove. 
From the myrtle’s snowy flower is drawn. 
“ Innocence shines in the lily’s bell, 
Ture as the heart in its native heaven; 
Fame’s brjght star, and Glory's swell. 
By the glossy leal' of the bay is given. 
“The si]enfc, spft, and humble heart 
In the violet’s hidden sweetness breathes; 
And the tender soul that cannot part, 
A twine of evergreen fondly wreathes. 
“The cypress that daily shades the grave. 
Is sorrow that mourns her bitter lot; 
And faith, that a thousand ills can brave. 
Speaks in thy blue leaves-—forget-me-not.” 
But the same flower is made to convey several 
sentiments—according to the manner iu which it 
is presented, and thp state it is in when given. 
For example :—if a rose bud, op other flower with 
prickly or thorny stalks be presented with the 
thorns p-nd leaves on, it expresses the sentiment 
of “ If ear but I hope:” for the thorns imply fear, 
and the leaves hope ; but dives the sprig of the 
thorns and leaves, and then it becomes a warning 
“ neither to fear nor hope if the thorns only 
are cutoff, you imply that <( foar in to be banished 
