THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
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Shenstone too speaks of that property 
A various wreath of odorous flowers she made, 
Gay motleyed pinks and sweet Jonquils : she chose 
The violet blue, that on the moss-bank grows ; 
All sweet to sense. 
While the American poet Bidlake adds :— 
The Jonquil loads with potent breath the air, 
And rich in golden glory nods. 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Leigh Hunt has, in the following playful lines, hap¬ 
pily set forth the custom largely practised in Eastern 
countries, of making use of flowers for the purpose of 
courtship:— 
The Albanian Love-Letter. 
An exquisite invention this, 
Worthy of Love’s most honied kiss, 
This art of writing billet-doux 
In buds, and odours, and bright hues,— 
In saying all one feels and thinks 
In clever daffodils and pinks, 
Uttering (as well as silence may) 
The sweetest words the sweetest way : 
How tit, too, for a lady's bosom, 
The place where billet-doux repose ’em. 
How charming in some rural spot, 
Combining love with garden plot, 
At once to cultivate one’s flowers, 
And one’s epistolary powers, 
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