The “Sentiment of Flowers” had its 
origin in that celebrated publication, “ Le 
Lang age des Fleurs hut, though the 
system of Madame de la Tour has been 
adopted, it must be understood that this 
work is not a mere translation. Great care 
has been taken to add such information as 
was required to render the work complete, 
and a discretion has been exercised in the 
rejection or alteration of those passages not 
suited to the English taste; while the pro¬ 
ductions of our poets have been extensively 
read, in order to select illustrations which 
would best harmonize with the quality of 
which the plant is made emblematical. 
The Editor does not wish to detract from 
the merits of other (many of them valuable) 
publications of a similar character, yet he 
may be allowed to state that they are gene¬ 
rally very expensive, and contain notices of 
a limited number of plants only. Here, at 
a price less than that of any similar work, 
