I 
e must say a few words, too, 
about the celebrated Garland 
of Julia. Madame de Genlis 
informs us that the Guirl.ande 
de Julie was a piece of gal¬ 
lantry imagined by the aus¬ 
tere Due de Montausier, for 
the beautiful Julie de Rambouillet. After her hand 
was promised him, it became his duty, in conformity 
to an old custom, to send his future bride a bouquet 
every day until the wedding. But he did not stop 
here. He caused to be painted on vellum, in a large 
folio volume, by the best artists, the most beautiful 
flowers cultivated; and the most distinguished poets 
of the time wrote verses on each flower. The volume, 
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