PREFACE. 
In bespeaking for tlie “ Illustrated Language of 
I lowers the favourable notice of her fair readers, 
the Editoi’ cannot pretend to offer them anything 
decidedly novel either in material or arrangement. 
The meaning attached to flowers, to have any 
utility, should be as firmly fixed as possible; no 
licence whatever has therefore been taken in 
creating or changing meanings. The Editor has 
simply confined herself to the task of making the 
best selection she could from the different sources of 
information at her disposal, and she trusts that 
within the very moderate compass of this little 
volume, the reader will find nearly everything of 
interest supplied by the corresponding portions of 
larger and more expensive publications. 
