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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
THE VIOLET OE THE VALLEY. 
YOUR MODESTY AND AMIABILITY HAVE CAUSED ME 
TO CONFESS MY LOVE. 
Emblems. 
MODESTY —BLUE VIOLET: AMIABILITY— WHITE JASMINE: 
CONFESSION OF LOVE— MOSS-ROSE: 
PURE LOVE— PINK. 
“Violets dim, 
But sweeter than the lids of Juno’s eyes, 
Or Cytherea’s breath.”- — Shakspere. 
In one of those secluded valleys, the beauty of 
which astonishes the traveller as he comes upon it 
unaware, stood a neat-looking, lowly-thatched cot¬ 
tage, like a hidden nest embosomed amid the green 
tranquillity of the hills. A winding footpath threaded 
its way towards the breezy summit,—here running 
