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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
THE VIOLET OF 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.”—S hakspeare. 
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 
