142 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
tence—‘ We shall be at home this 
evening.’ By referring to the Voca¬ 
bulary in Part I, among the auxiliary 
verbs we shall find, ‘We shall be’ 
is No. 191 ; ‘at home,’ is in Part II, 
opposite No. S3; ‘ this,’ in Part I, 
No. 84 ; and ‘ evening ’ is in Part II, 
No. 28. 
“ You have then four numbers to 
express the sentence, and this sen¬ 
tence is to be expressed in a bouquet. 
By referring to the Table of Flow¬ 
ers, we find that there is a variety of 
Flowers expressing one arithmetical 
figure. In this example we will mostly 
use those which are to be found in 
the Conservatory at all seasons of the 
year. Take a long thread of silk, 
and, at one end, tie a loop to point 
