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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
It is a fearful thing, 
To love as I love thee ; to feel the world. 
The bright, the beautiful, joy-giving world — 
A blank without thee. Never more to me 
Can hope, joy, fear, wear different seeming. Now 
I have no hope that does not dream for thee; 
I have no joy that is not shared by thee; 
I have no fear that does not dread for thee. 
L. E. L. 
Flori.sts designate two principal divisions of these 
flowers, Pinks and Carnations. The former are 
marked by a spot resembling an eye, whence the 
French name csllit, and a more humble growth. 
The flower of the Carnation is much larger than 
that of the Pink. Some derive its name from the 
Latin word for flesh colour, which may have been 
the original colour of the flower ; but Spenser, who 
was remarkable for his care in retaining the old 
manner of spelling, calls these flowers coronations: 
Bringe hether the pinke and purple cullambine. 
With gelliflowres; 
Bring coronations and sops in wine. 
Worn of paramours. 
They were also called clove-gelliflowers, from 
their perfume resembling that of the spice so called. 
