MESSAGE. 
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MELANCHOLY SPIRIT. 
SORROWFUL GERANIUM. 
Few know that elegance of soul refined, 
Whose soft sensation feels a quicker joy 
From melancholy’s scenes, than the dull pride 
Of tasteless splendour and magnificence 
Can e’er afford. warton. 
This charming geranium, like a melan¬ 
choly spirit, shuns the light of day ; but it 
enchants those who cultivate it by the de¬ 
lightful perfumes it exhales. Its appearance is 
sombre, though unaffected ; and, altogether, 
it forms a striking contrast to the scarlet 
geranium, which is the emblem of stupidity. 
MESSAGE. 
IRIS. 
Every varying hue 
Of every beautiful thing on earth, — the tints 
Of heaven’s own Iris, — all are in the west 
On this delicious eve. Carrington. 
This plant is supposed to have been named 
after Juno’s attendant, because its colours 
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