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THE LANGUAGE AND 
proficient in the science here taught; 
Nature has been before us. It will he suf¬ 
ficient to give two or three rules, which 
the reader will do well to learn, and then 
by reference to the vocabulary, he will he 
enabled to converse in the language of 
flowers. By the first rule, a flower, pre¬ 
sented inclining to the right, expresses a 
thought; reversed, it is understood to 
convey the contrary of that sentiment. 
Foy example : — A rose-bud, with its 
thorns and leaves, is understood to say, 
"I fear, hut I hope.” The same reversed, 
would signify that “You must neither 
fear nor hope.” You may convey your 
sentiments very well by a single flower. 
As the second rule :—take the rose-bud 
which has already served us for an ex¬ 
ample, and strip it of its thorns, it tells 
you that “ There is everything to hope.” 
