INTRODUCTION. 
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Lady M. W. Montagu was one of the first 
to introduce floral language into Europe. 
When at Pera, she sent a Turkish love let¬ 
ter to a friend in England, from which we 
extract the botanical emblems. 
CLOVE. 
You are as slender as this clove ! 
You are an unblown rose! 
I have long loved you, and you have 
not known it. 
JONQUIL. 
Have pity on my passion ! 
PEAR. 
Give me some hope ! 
A ROSE. 
May you be pleased, and your sor¬ 
rows mine! 
A STRAW. 
Suffer me to be your slave ! 
CINNAMON. 
But my fortune is yours ! 
PEPPER. 
Send me an answer ! 
Her Ladyship states that there is no flower 
without a verse belonging to it; and that it 
