PREFACE. 
XI 
and the worst fears may be entertained. 
The expression of every flower may be thus 
varied by varying its state or position. The 
Marigold is emblematical of pain ; place it 
on the head, and it signifies trouble of mind ; 
on the heart, the pangs of love; on the 
bosom, the disgusts of ennui. The pronoun 
I is expressed by inclining the symbol to the 
right, and the pronoun thou by inclining it to 
the left. 
These are a few of the rudiments of our 
significant language. We call upon Friend¬ 
ship and Love to unite their discoveries with 
ours; for it is in the power only of these 
sweetest sentiments of our nature to bring 
to perfection what they have so beautifully 
invented, the mystical, yet pleasing, links of 
