THE FLORAE TELEGRAPH. 135 
retained and yet the language be as 
plain as the more dangerous billet- 
doux? What a present were this for 
the fair daughters of Albion ! 
“ I summoned Invention, I consulted 
with Experience, I meditated with 
Science, I trifled with Fancy. To 
Triumph the secret was unravelled, 
and my task was accomplished. In 
commemoration of my success, I 
have added, Mr. Honeycomb, the 
bouquet to your heraldic crest, which 
before was a gilded snake. Observe 
how gracefully he encircles and en¬ 
twines himself around the Flowers.* 
* See Frontispiece. 
