In preparing a new Edition of the “ Hand¬ 
book of the Language and Sentiment of 
Flowers” for the press # the Author has been 
encouraged, by the unusually large sale of 
former editions, to spare no expense in render¬ 
ing the present more worthy of its interesting 
contents. The peculiarly appropriate borders 
placed round each respective page impart an 
ornamental character to the book, which, it 
is presumed, cannot fail to excite the admira¬ 
tion of all lovers of flowers, for in them there 
is necessarily developed a keen and vivid per¬ 
ception of the beautiful in art as well as in 
nature. Never have we heard an expression of 
ardent delight escape the lips of any one, on 
beholding the simplest of Flora’s gifts, without 
legarding it as an indication of more titan 
ordinary refinement in the individual; and 
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