TULIP. 
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TULIP. 
deciiAhatiok of iove. 
In the East the Tulip is employed as the emblem 
by which a lover makes a declaration of love, pre¬ 
senting the idea that, like that flower, he has a face 
all on fire and a heart reduced to a coal — 
Whose leaves, with their ruby glow, 
Hide the heart that lies burning and black below. 
On account of the elegance of its form, the beauty 
of its colours, but its want of fragrance and other 
useful qualities, this flower has been considered as 
an appropriate symbol of a female who possesses no 
other recommendation than personal beauty. 
It is supposed to have been brought from Persia 
to the Levant, and it was introduced into western 
Europe about the middle of the sixteenth century, 
by Busbeck, ambassador from the Emperor of Ger¬ 
many to the Porte; who, to his astonishment, found 
Tulips on the road between Adrianople and Con- 
