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LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENT OE 
FLOWERS. 
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 
By all those token-flowers that tell 
What words c m ne'er express so well. 
Byron. 
Of all the varied productions of Nature, 
there is none more agreeable and pleasing 
to the senses and to the imagination than 
flowers. Historical and fabulous records 
connect them with great and important 
events. The Greeks and Romans deco¬ 
rated the altars of their gods with flowers 
in their holy feasts ; and they crowned 
