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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
frivolous sentiment; so that a lover would 
think it an insult to his mistress to offer her 
a nosegay in which it was introduced. 
Frivolous Amusement, Bladder-nut. The fruit 
of the Bladder-nut tree, when pressed between 
the fingers, bursts with a report. Idle persons 
sometimes indulge, as well as little boys, in the 
frivolous amusement of producing this noise. 
Frugality, Chicory. Horace has celebrated the 
frugality of his repasts, composed of Mallows 
and Chicory. 
Gallantry, A Nosegay. The attentions of gal¬ 
lantry cannot be better expressed than by a 
Nosegay. Such a present may be of little in¬ 
trinsic value, but it is always a proof of 
amiable and delicate attention. 
Game, Play, Hyacinth. This flower, so cele¬ 
brated in the songs of the poets, from the 
time of Homer to the present day, is made 
hieroglyphical of play, because a youth named 
Hyacinthus was killed, while playing with 
Apollo, by a quoit, which the jealous Zephyr 
blew upon him. Apollo, unable to recall his 
favourite to life, changed him into the flower 
which bears his name. 
