IV PREFACE. 
The sacred -writers teach, in flowers, rich 
and hallowed lessons; and, in the application 
of those lessons, we interest the sweetest, 
tenderest sympathies of the soul. 
We present in our little work the language, 
sentiment, and poetry of flowers ; and have 
endeavored to cull the richest sentiments and 
select the poetry which breathes Flora’s 
truest language. Her followers received, 
amid 1 Autumn’s’ bounteous days and ‘ Win¬ 
ter’s’ chilling blasts, her gifts, and we trust 
that, in genial Spring, her sweetest, choicest 
Drops will be gladly welcomed. 
February 1st, 1845. 
