THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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107 
PINK, RED. 
Diauthus Hortensis ,—Class 10, Order 2. 
A beautiful and fragrant garden flower.-—Hungary. 
LOVE, ARDENT AND SINCERE. 
If to feel the deep devotion, 
Of a pilgrim at a shrine, 
If to weep with fond emotion, 
Be to love thee, I am thine. 
If to treasure every token, 
Every look, and every sign, 
Every light word thou has spoken, 
Be to love thee, I am thine, 
Once the future spread before me, 
Many a mingled hope and fear, 
Now, but one e’er glances o’er me, 
Tis, “ Will he still hold me dear." 
X- 
Mrs. V. E. Howard. 
