t 4 FLORAL CONVERSATION. 
Skill in the use of expressions will be gained by practice. 
Most frequently, and probably most effectively, a single 
flower, or a flower or two and a leaf, will serve the ends 
of conversation. 
In this way the presentation of a little boquet to be worn 
• n the button-hole of the coat or on the dress or in the 
hair may have a charming significance unknown except to 
those interested in it. 
In the engraving 
here of a small but¬ 
ton-hole boquet,we 
have the Tuberose 
and a leaf of the 
the Rose Geranium, 
expressing a com¬ 
pliment of the high¬ 
est order. 
Almost any sen¬ 
timent may be dis¬ 
tinctly expressed in 
this simple manner. 
A greater num¬ 
ber of flowers may 
be combined in a 
